Object numberM2015/037:003
DescriptionThis postcard is one of eight cards from Anna Kalfus collection of family war-time letters & postcards. It is a pre-printed Deutsches Reich's postcard with a printed stamp of value of 15 Pfennig without date showing the profile portrait of the second president of Germany Generalfeldmarshall Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934).
The card is dated Bendzin, 10/10/1940 and sent from Anna's sister H(elene) Tintpulwer and addressed to Ida Tintpulwer, this time via Mr K. Sumpf in Lemberg (Lwow) in Russia. Anna was 21 and her sister Ida 27 when they were both taken to a labour camp in Russia in 1940. Written on both sides in Polish, the card recalls the family's happy life together in the past celebrations of Yom Kippur. This time the parents bless their children for a speedy return to a normal and comfortable life. And yet again, the card ends with a strong plea from the parents to their daughters to write more often. See Inscriptions for full translation.
The historical significance of the collection of the Tintpulwer family correspondence is in documenting the Jewish life in rural Poland at the start of the war and later the experience in Russian labour camp and the army. The letters and postcards provide a rare insight into the Jews' fate in Poland and Russia outside the extermination camps.
The card is dated Bendzin, 10/10/1940 and sent from Anna's sister H(elene) Tintpulwer and addressed to Ida Tintpulwer, this time via Mr K. Sumpf in Lemberg (Lwow) in Russia. Anna was 21 and her sister Ida 27 when they were both taken to a labour camp in Russia in 1940. Written on both sides in Polish, the card recalls the family's happy life together in the past celebrations of Yom Kippur. This time the parents bless their children for a speedy return to a normal and comfortable life. And yet again, the card ends with a strong plea from the parents to their daughters to write more often. See Inscriptions for full translation.
The historical significance of the collection of the Tintpulwer family correspondence is in documenting the Jewish life in rural Poland at the start of the war and later the experience in Russian labour camp and the army. The letters and postcards provide a rare insight into the Jews' fate in Poland and Russia outside the extermination camps.
Production date 1940 - 1940
Subjectwar correspondence, Yom Kippur
Object namepostcards
Dimensions
- width: 148.00 mm
height: 105.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Anna Kalfus