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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 6/7/2026 5:00 PM
Family Surname: Samuel and Kaiser
Country: Germany
Town: Dresden
Date of Image: April 18, 1942

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This is a postcard from Herbert Samuel in Dresden to his nephew Gert Kaiser in Stockholm.

Gert was sent to Sweden in 1939 but his mother Herta Samuel Kaiser had to stay behind in Germany.

Herbert's wife Ellen and his son Ralph escaped to England, but Herbert had to stay behind.

We would like a transcription and translation of this postcard.

thank you -- David Lewak
Oakland, CA, USA

Response

6/8/2026 1:36 AM

Dresden, 18 April 1942
Dear Gert,
I received your card and am glad you’re doing well. I’m healthy as well. There’s no point writing to your mother since she doesn’t receive the messages; at least that’s what happens when we write. Instead I suggest you send her money OFTEN – better to do it often than a large amount one time since regular mailing shows her that you’re thinking of her, and that’s the important thing. The last receipt I got was signed by her personally on 3 March. I also use the coupon on the money order to give her important news and to give her courage to carry on. You already have the address: L. Ghetto, Ottilienstr. 14/3. By the way, [Hertur?] Bieber is also there but Fanny ended up somewhere else unfortunately. The other relatives are still at home. Your grandmother and Aunt Herta as well; she writes me sometimes. Couldn’t you write to them sometime without them having to remind you? Aunt Ellen and Ralph are fine, they’re healthy, as they wrote to me through the Red Cross at the end of February.

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Dresden, 18. 4. 42
Lieber Gert,
Deine Karte habe ich erhalten und freue mich, dass es Dir gut geht. Auch ich bin gesund. Es hat keinen Zweck, wenn Du Deiner Mutter schreibst, denn sie bekommt die Nachrichten doch nicht, jedenfalls ist es so, wenn wir schreiben. Dagegen würde ich Dir empfehlen, ÖFTERS an sie Geld zu schicken, lieber oft als mit einmal so viel, denn sie ersieht aus der der öfteren Sendung, dass Du an sie denkst, und das ist das wichtigste. Die letzte Quittung, die ich bekam, hat sie selbst am 3. März unterschrieben. Ausserdem benutze ich den Abschnitt der Postanweisung dazu, ihr Wissenswertes zu schreiben und ihr Mut für weiteres Aushalten zuzusprechen. Die Adresse weisst Du ja: L.-Getto, Ottilienstr. 14/3. Im übrigen ist [Hertur?] Bieber auch dort, während Fanny jetzt leider wo anders hingekommen ist. Die übrigen Verwandten sind noch zu Hause. Deine Großmutter und Tante Herta auch, die mir manchmal schreibt. Könntest Du nicht mal an sie schreiben, ohne dass sie Dich darum mahnen müssen? Tante Ellen und Ralph geht es gut, sie sind gesund, wa sie mir durchs Rote Kreuz Ende Februar schrieben.

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Translated by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
Freelance translator and interpreter
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

6/8/2026 1:39 AM

Correction: *was* sie mir durchs Rote Kreuz...

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