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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
During the course of the presentation, I was surprised to learn that the presenter, who is working on her Ph.D. in museum curatorial studies, was unaware of what I call "Sara" and "Israel" covers. These are covers mailed by German Jews following the implementation of the the Nazi Nuremberg Laws regarding Jewish family names. German Jews whose names did not appear to be Jewish had to add the middle name Sara (for women, obviously) or Israel to their legal name. The use of Sara and Israel was required on legal documents and foreign mail. I have a dozen such covers in my collection.
One of the goals of the VHEC is to build up pictures of the lives of Jewish victims of the Holocaust through their collection of pre-war, wartime, and post-war documents and other artifacts, including postal history and stamps. The presenter was naturally interested in the information about the "Sara/Israel" postal history aspect of the Holocaust, and I am in the process of scanning my collecting and sending the images to her. While I am happy to help with their research, I am also curious to know whether they can tell me anything about the people who posted the covers.
One of the more interesting covers in my collection was sent from Hamburg to Shanghai on December 30, 1940. The "Shanghai Connection" was one of the topics in Saturday's talk. Before the war, several thousand German Jews emigrated to Shanghai; China was one of the very few countries to accept German Jewish refugees. Here are images of my Hamburg-to-Shanghai cover, which travelled through Siberia, presumably on the Trans-Siberian Railway:
Although the cover is inscribed Luftpost (Airmail), I'm assuming that it was flown only to Moscow and went by rail the rest of the way. If anyone can tell me more about this cover, I'd be most appreciative.
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I always enjoy the opportunity to provide philatelic assistance to public service organizations. On Saturday, I attended a presentation at Simon Fraser University's downtown Vancouver campus about the activities and methods of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, which operates out of the Jewish Community Centre. I have a small collection of covers and a few stamps related to the Holocaust, and I was interested to learn what resources were available here in Vancouver.
During the course of the presentation, I was surprised to learn that the presenter, who is working on her Ph.D. in museum curatorial studies, was unaware of what I call "Sara" and "Israel" covers. These are covers mailed by German Jews following the implementation of the the Nazi Nuremberg Laws regarding Jewish family names. German Jews whose names did not appear to be Jewish had to add the middle name Sara (for women, obviously) or Israel to their legal name. The use of Sara and Israel was required on legal documents and foreign mail. I have a dozen such covers in my collection.
One of the goals of the VHEC is to build up pictures of the lives of Jewish victims of the Holocaust through their collection of pre-war, wartime, and post-war documents and other artifacts, including postal history and stamps. The presenter was naturally interested in the information about the "Sara/Israel" postal history aspect of the Holocaust, and I am in the process of scanning my collecting and sending the images to her. While I am happy to help with their research, I am also curious to know whether they can tell me anything about the people who posted the covers.
One of the more interesting covers in my collection was sent from Hamburg to Shanghai on December 30, 1940. The "Shanghai Connection" was one of the topics in Saturday's talk. Before the war, several thousand German Jews emigrated to Shanghai; China was one of the very few countries to accept German Jewish refugees. Here are images of my Hamburg-to-Shanghai cover, which travelled through Siberia, presumably on the Trans-Siberian Railway:
Although the cover is inscribed Luftpost (Airmail), I'm assuming that it was flown only to Moscow and went by rail the rest of the way. If anyone can tell me more about this cover, I'd be most appreciative.
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