Rare postcard sent by Auschwitz / Birkenau prisoner "Helen Polak" to one "Ernst Witz" in Bohemia Moravia The card bears a Hitler 6 pf stamp tied by Berlin Charlottenburg 28 6 44" machine postmark, with cachet 'Ruckantwort nur uber die der Juden in Deutschland Berlin N-65 Iranische Strasse 2" instructing that any reply would have to be in German and sent to the office for Jewish Affairs The purpose of this was to try to lure out any Jews still in hiding. No doubt by the time this card was received, the writer had probably already been killed. Text on the card is e... |