ObjectnummerM2003/030:009
VervaardigerInternational Committee of the Red Cross
BeschrijvingInternational Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, message from Frau I. Szekeres in Shanghai, to Frau F. Sapir in Budapest, Hungary, 15 August 1942. Written in German. Correspondance to brother's wife's mother. Typed response on reverse dated 25 March 1943. typewritten message on the back:
I received the New Year’s card. I miss Imres’s writing.
Where are you working? Three mothers are healthy,
No worries. The conditions have completely changed,
I’m hoping for a happy future. Friends are mostly well-off.
25 words only handwritten message on the front page:
We are healthy. Received cable. Without mail. Hope that it'll be alright over the years. Think very
often of you.
Kisses, Lilly, Imre
Members of the Szekeres family. From Hungary, George Szekeres and his wife Eszther spent several years in Shanghai before emigrating to Australia in 1948.
I received the New Year’s card. I miss Imres’s writing.
Where are you working? Three mothers are healthy,
No worries. The conditions have completely changed,
I’m hoping for a happy future. Friends are mostly well-off.
25 words only handwritten message on the front page:
We are healthy. Received cable. Without mail. Hope that it'll be alright over the years. Think very
often of you.
Kisses, Lilly, Imre
Members of the Szekeres family. From Hungary, George Szekeres and his wife Eszther spent several years in Shanghai before emigrating to Australia in 1948.
Vervaardiging plaatsShanghai, China
Datum 1942-08-15 1943-03-25
OnderwerpHolocaust, communications, families, loved ones' contact, signs of life
ObjectnaamRed Cross message service
Materiaalpaper
Formaat
- whole width: 140.00 mm
height: 215.00 mm
Taal
- German typewritten message on the back:
I received the New Year’s card. I miss Imres’s writing.
Where are you working? Three mothers are healthy,
No worries. The conditions have completely changed,
I’m hoping for a happy future. Friends are mostly well-off.
handwritten message on the front page:
We are healthy. Received cable.
Without mail. Hope that it'll be alright
over the years. Think very
often of you.
Kisses,
Lilly, Imre
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eszther & George Szekeres