Postcard

Identifier
irn514894
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.135.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514894

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Rita Grusd.

Scope and Content

The postcard bears a black and white image of the ship, "Mousinho." Rita Grusd sailed on the "Mousinho" to the United States in 1941 from Lisbon, Portugal, after living in several children's homes in France. "Companhia Colonial de Navegacao" is written across the top.

Corporate Bodies

  • Mouzinho (Ship)

Subjects

  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--France.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Passenger ships.

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
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