Collection: William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Postcards / Contributing Institution: College of Charleston Libraries / Date: 1980 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1980
Description:: Color postcard with a reproduction of a self-portrait by painter Camille Pissarro.

Date:: 1980
Description:: Postcard with a black-and-white photographic portrait of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat in Nazi-occupied Hungary who saved thousands of Jews in the Holocaust. In 1945, Wallenberg was detained by Russian soldiers when the Soviet Army entered Budapest. The postcard is pre-addressed to "President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR" and includes a printed message: "35 years are enough! Tell us the full truth about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the fighting Swedish humanitarian. It has not been proved that he is dead. We believe that he is alive. Release him immediately!"

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