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This original 4-3/8 x 6-1/8 inch air mail envelope once contained a letter that Sophie Sara Cohen of Sack 21/22 in Braunschweig in Nazi Germany wrote to Dr. L. Rosendahl in Chicago. It was sent Mit Luftpost nach Nordamerika (by Air Mail to North America) on 21 April 1941 and was opened by censors of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope that Mrs. Cohen was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
On the internet we found that Sophie Sara Cohen was born in Kirchborchen (Kreis Paderborn) on 19 May 1872 as Sophie Eichholz. She married Albert Cohen in 1901 and together they founded and ran a business called Eichholz & Co., selling fabrics and decorative fabric trim from the property they owned at Sack 21/2 in Braunschweig (the address on the back of this envelope). After Albert Cohen's death in 1922 Sophie Cohen became the legal owner and proprietor of the property and business.
On 1 January 1939 the Nazi German government made it illegal for German Jews to own or run businesses (Arisierung von jüdischen Geschäften) so Sophie Cohen had to sell out. The buyer was businessman Carl Langerfeldt, who interestingly enough is still shown as the owner of a business called Langerfeldt at the same address today!
On 16 March 1943, 71 year old Sophie Sara Cohen and her sister Minna (born in 1860) were deported to Theresienstadt and they were officially declared dead on 8 May 1945.
This historic Third Reich envelope is complete with two canceled Hindenburg Deutsches Reich postage stamps on the front side (PLEASE NOTE: sender refused to use Adolf Hitler postage stamps!) and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. The envelope was opened along the top edge and is empty. Very rare and in very good used condition.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope that Mrs. Cohen was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
On the internet we found that Sophie Sara Cohen was born in Kirchborchen (Kreis Paderborn) on 19 May 1872 as Sophie Eichholz. She married Albert Cohen in 1901 and together they founded and ran a business called Eichholz & Co., selling fabrics and decorative fabric trim from the property they owned at Sack 21/2 in Braunschweig (the address on the back of this envelope). After Albert Cohen's death in 1922 Sophie Cohen became the legal owner and proprietor of the property and business.
On 1 January 1939 the Nazi German government made it illegal for German Jews to own or run businesses (Arisierung von jüdischen Geschäften) so Sophie Cohen had to sell out. The buyer was businessman Carl Langerfeldt, who interestingly enough is still shown as the owner of a business called Langerfeldt at the same address today!
On 16 March 1943, 71 year old Sophie Sara Cohen and her sister Minna (born in 1860) were deported to Theresienstadt and they were officially declared dead on 8 May 1945.
This historic Third Reich envelope is complete with two canceled Hindenburg Deutsches Reich postage stamps on the front side (PLEASE NOTE: sender refused to use Adolf Hitler postage stamps!) and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. The envelope was opened along the top edge and is empty. Very rare and in very good used condition.
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AN ORIGINAL JULY 1941 NAZI AIR MAIL ENVELOPE CENSORED BY THE OBERKOMMANDO DER WEHRMACHT FOR A LETTER SENT BY A JEWISH WOMAN, PAULA SARA MAYER, TO A GERMAN IMMIGRANT COUPLE IN NEW YORK
We were unable to find out what happened to Paula Sara Mayer after the summer of 1941, but the recipients of her letter, Josef and Johanna Baehr show up in the US Census of 1940 as having been born in Germany and being related to a Leo and Margaret Mayer (also both born in Germany), the same family name as the sender of the envelope.
This historic Third Reich envelope is complete with canceled Hindenburg and Deutsches Reich postage stamps on the front side and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. Opened along the top edge. Condition exactly as shown.
This historic Third Reich envelope is complete with canceled Hindenburg and Deutsches Reich postage stamps on the front side and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. Opened along the top edge. Condition exactly as shown.
Mayer is ** SOLD ** |
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This original 4-1/2 x 6-3/8 inch Luftpost or air mail envelope once contained a letter that a Jewish woman, Paula Sara Mayer of Bonn mailed to Mr. & Mrs. Josef Baehr in New York. It was sent Mit Luftpost nach Amerika (by Air Mail to America) on 25 July 1941 from Bonn on the Rhine river and was opened by censors of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope, Ms. Mayer was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope, Ms. Mayer was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
AN ORIGINAL APRIL 1941 NAZI AIR MAIL ENVELOPE CENSORED BY THE OBERKOMMANDO DER WEHRMACHT FOR A LETTER SENT BY A JEWISH WOMAN, EDITH SARA KAHN, TO A GERMAN IMMIGRANT
IN NEW YORK
This original 4-1/2 x 6-3/8 inch Luftpost or air mail envelope once contained a letter that a Jewish woman, Edith Sara Kahn of Cologne mailed to Mr. Josef Baehr in New York. It was sent Mit Luftpost nach Amerika (by Air Mail to America) on 10 April 1941 from Köln on the Rhine river and was opened by censors of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope, Ms. Kahn was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
PLEASE NOTE that on this post-1938 envelope, Ms. Kahn was legally required by the German government to use the middle name Sara (regardless of what her given middle name might have been) to denote that she was Jewish.
We were unable to find out what happened to Edith Sara Kahn after the spring of 1941, but the recipient of her letter, Josef Baehr shows up in the US Census of 1940 as having been born in Germany in 1876.
Complete with two canceled Hindenburg postage stamps on the front side and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. Opened along the top edge. Condition exactly as shown.
Complete with two canceled Hindenburg postage stamps on the front side and eagle and swastika OKW censor tape on the back. Opened along the top edge. Condition exactly as shown.
Kahn is ** SOLD ** |
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| • IF you wish to purchase highly recommended, but optional insurance, add $3.50. |
| • We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire. |
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Cohen is ** SOLD ** |
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THREE OKW CENSORED AIR MAIL ENVELOPES FROM 1941
AN ORIGINAL 1941 AIR MAIL ENVELOPE CENSORED BY
THE OBERKOMMANDO DER WEHRMACHT FOR A LETTER
SENT BY A JEWISH WOMAN, SOPHIE SARA COHEN
TO CHICAGO BEFORE HER DEATH IN THE
THERESIENSTADT CONCENTRATION CAMP
