Lot 223
A Photographic "Shanah Tovah" Postcard – Lodz Ghetto, 1940
Photographic postcard from the Lodz Ghetto. Lodz, 1940.
On the postcard, which is designed like a "Shanah Tovah" (Happy New Year) postcard, a boy's portrait appears inside a Star of David being carried in the beak of a bird. On the upper part of the postcard appears the inscription "Litzmannstadt" (the Nazi German name of the ghetto) and on both sides of the portrait, the rest of the inscription – "Getto 1940".
Handwritten Polish words and sentence fragments, and the date 11.XI.41 appear on verso.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good condition. Fractures to the corners of the postcard. Stains. Abrasions on verso.
