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Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 3/1/2026 2:10 PM
Family Surname: Lesser or Laciarcz
Country: Poland
Date of Image: 1912

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This is a postcard sent in 1912 to Myer Lesser in Birmingham, England and I would love to know what it says. I presume it is Yiddish and from a member of his family - his parents were Yitzhak and Zelda, his sisters Esther and Laja. His two brothers Herz and Smuel had already joined him in the UK.
Many Thanks

Response

3/3/2026 10:51 PM

This is a letter in Yiddish in to a male cousin.
It has no date. And the part where you'd expect the writer's name is illegible because of the black horizontal line.
At the end of the letter, the writer sends regards from his beloved parents and his siblings.
No names in the text.

The opening is the starndard "wa are well hoping to hear same from you" with "forever" added to that.
A basic summary of the rest:
I got your card and thank you for the quick response.
Answering you concernign what you asked about my business. I had to rest 3 weeks because things were very bad in Prashka but with the Lord's help it will be better [or possibly: it's better now].
Soon I'll send you a what I promised you. I have the things already and when I have a little time I'll make a package and send them.
[There is a word or words I can't make out after this]

There are many sentences preceded by expressions like "I write you that".
See https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Community.php?usbgn=-523695 for Praszka

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