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Letters to Sala

Letters to Sala


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Postcard to Sala Garncarz, in German, Sosnowitz, Poland, December 16, 1941
Postcard to Sala Garncarz, in German, Sosnowitz, Poland, December 16, 1941

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Raizel Garncarz
Postcard to Sala Garncarz, in German, Sosnowitz, Poland, December 16, 1941
NYPL, Dorot Jewish Division, Sala Garncarz Kischner Collection

Raizel here describes Chanukah in sadness. She sounds uncharacteristically desperate and urges Sala to arrange another “vacation” back to Sosnowitz.