NYPL, Letters To Sala

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Introduction Sala’s Europe, 1939-1945 Prewar Jewish Life and Deportation Nazi Slave Labor Camps The Judenrat Geppersdorf Nazi Postal System Ala Gertner Sala's Labor Camps Jewish Holidays Harry Haubenstock Schatzlar Liberation In America

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Moshe David Garncarz
Postcard to Sala Garncarz, in German, Ottmuth über Krappitz, Germany, May 27, 1942
NYPL, Dorot Jewish Division, Sala Garncarz Kischner Collection

Deportations to labor camps had begun in 1940 and became more frequent by early 1942. Sala’s brother Moshe David was deported to Ottmuth. This is one of his few postcards.