Object numberM2015/037:011
DescriptionJANA IN PROGRESS
This 2-page letter is one of several letters from Anna Kalfus collection of family war-time correspondence. It is densely written in black pen on both sides of two pages of different paper. No related envelope survived. It is dated Bendzin, 6/2/1941 and starts with Dearest and Beloved children! It is written by the donor's, Anna Kalfus parent's to her and her sister Ida when they were both taken to a labour camp in Russia in 1940. Anna was 21 and her sister Ida 27.
The letter conveys concerns about the wellbeing of both sisters, Ida and Hanka (as was Anna called by her parents), as well as wishes for early reunion of the family. It also describes the life and the news from the family, relatives and friends.
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.
This 2-page letter is one of several letters from Anna Kalfus collection of family war-time correspondence. It is densely written in black pen on both sides of two pages of different paper. No related envelope survived. It is dated Bendzin, 6/2/1941 and starts with Dearest and Beloved children! It is written by the donor's, Anna Kalfus parent's to her and her sister Ida when they were both taken to a labour camp in Russia in 1940. Anna was 21 and her sister Ida 27.
The letter conveys concerns about the wellbeing of both sisters, Ida and Hanka (as was Anna called by her parents), as well as wishes for early reunion of the family. It also describes the life and the news from the family, relatives and friends.
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 1941
Subjectwar correspondence
Object nameletters
Dimensions
- a page width: 210.00 mm
height: 220.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Anna Kalfus