<p>A postcard of the SS <em>St. Louis.</em> May 1939.</p> <p>The plight of German-Jewish refugees, persecuted at home and unwanted abroad, is illustrated by the May 13, 1939, <a href="/narrative/4719">voyage of the SS <em>St. Louis</em>.</a></p>
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A postcard of the SS St. Louis. May 1939. The plight of German-Jewish refugees, persecuted at home and unwanted abroad, is illustrated by the May 13, 1939, voyage of the SS St. Louis.
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Postcard of the SS St. Louis
Postcard of a pension (a small hotel) in Le Chambon which served as a refugee home for children sheltered from the Nazis. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, date uncertain.
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Building in Le Chambon which served as a refugee home for children
Commemorative postcard with a drawing of barrack 11 of Bergen-Belsen and marking the time the people on the Kasztner train spent in the camp. The Jews from the Kasztner transport lived in two barracks, 10 and 11, inside Bergen-Belsen. (This was probably drawn by the Hungarian artist Robert (Imre) Irsay who himself was on the Kasztner transport.)
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Commemorative postcard
Postcard showing Evian-les-Bains, a French resort of Evian on Lake Geneva,  at the time of the 1938 Evian conference on refugees.
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Evian-les-Bains
A German postcard showing the entrance to the Lodz ghetto. The sign reads "Jewish residential area—entry forbidden." Signs forbidding entrance to Poles and Germans were posted at all entrances to the ghetto. Lodz, Poland, 1940–1941.
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German postcard showing the entrance to the Lodz ghetto
Photograph showing Kurt, Helene Reik's son, and his wife, while on vacation in April/May 1938 in Kupari, Croatia. After her deportation to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia, Helene yearned to record what was happening to her. This photograph was sent to Helene, who used it as paper for her diary in Theresienstadt. Helene’s makeshift diary offers wistful memories of her husband and parents who died before the war, loving thoughts of her family who had left Europe in 1939, and a firsthand account of the illness and hospitalization that ultimately led to her death. Because resources were scarce in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Helene recorded her thoughts, recollections, and diary entries in the margins and on the backs of family pictures that she had brought with her, as well as postcards and letters she received while in the ghetto.
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Helene Reik's diary
Nazi propaganda postcard showing a crowd of saluting Germans superimposed on an enlarged image of Adolf Hitler with a member of the SA (Storm Trooper) who holds a swastika flag.  Munich, Germany, ca. 1932.
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Nazi propaganda postcard featuring Adolf Hitler, a swastika flag, and a member of the SA
Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. Esterwegen, near Hamburg, was one of the early camps established by the SS. The text at the left side gives instructions and restrictions to inmates about what can be mailed and received. Germany, August 14, 1935.
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Official postcard for use by prisoners of Esterwegen
Postcard depicting sights in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia. 1938.
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Postcard from Munkacs
Postcard depicting different sights in Munkacs. Czechoslovakia, 1938.
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Postcard of Munkacs
Postcard depicting sights in Munkacs. Czechoslovakia, 1938.
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Postcard of Munkacs
Family and friends of Ruth Segal (Rys Berkowicz) sent this postcard to her in Kobe, Japan. They sent the postcard from Warsaw, in German-occupied Poland, on June 20, 1941. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]
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Postcard sent to Ruth Segal (back)
A postcard sent to Ruth Segal (Rys Berkowicz) care of the Jewish Community (JewCom) in Kobe, Japan. Family and friends in German-occupied Warsaw, Poland, sent the postcard on June 20, 1941. It bears stamps both from the Jewish council (Judenrat) in the Warsaw ghetto and from German censors. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]
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Postcard sent to Ruth Segal (front)
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Theresienstadt: Cultural Life - Photograph

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