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OJ 14/8, [2] - Handwritten picture postcard from Anna Schiff to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 7, 1925
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[hand-painted picture: narrow street, brightly-colored shops, people, captioned: “Budweis: Blick in die Breitegasse – Gustav Brauner.”] {recto} [An:] ⇧ Frau Lie-Lie Schenker Wien III/1 Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] [postage stamp and postmark torn off] ⇧ Budweis 7/V 1925 Liebe Lie-lie! 1 Dir und Deinem teuren Mann soll ich nach dem heutigen Besuch bei Paul die herzlichsten Grüße übermitteln. Deinen lieben Brief 2 beantworte ich demnächst. Unser Kindchen bereitet keinen Mangel. Es hat [illegible words] nur Sehnsucht nach dem Vater. Ihm geht es so ziemlich gut. Aufgegeben Prag 7.5. © Transcription William Drabkin, 2024 |
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[hand-painted picture: narrow street, brightly-colored shops, people, captioned: “Budweis [“České Budějovice]: view of Breite Gasse – Gustav Brauner.”] {recto} [To:] ⇧ Mrs. Lie-Lie Schenker Vienna III/1 Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] [postage stamp and postmark torn off] ⇧ Budweis May 7, 1925 Dear Lie-lie, 1 To you and your dear husband, I am to convey most cordial greetings after today’s visit to Paul. I shall reply to your kind letter 2 very soon. Our little child is no trouble; she just [illegible words] yearns for her father. He is rather well. Dispatched from Prague May 7 © Translation William Drabkin, 2024 |
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[hand-painted picture: narrow street, brightly-colored shops, people, captioned: “Budweis: Blick in die Breitegasse – Gustav Brauner.”] {recto} [An:] ⇧ Frau Lie-Lie Schenker Wien III/1 Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] [postage stamp and postmark torn off] ⇧ Budweis 7/V 1925 Liebe Lie-lie! 1 Dir und Deinem teuren Mann soll ich nach dem heutigen Besuch bei Paul die herzlichsten Grüße übermitteln. Deinen lieben Brief 2 beantworte ich demnächst. Unser Kindchen bereitet keinen Mangel. Es hat [illegible words] nur Sehnsucht nach dem Vater. Ihm geht es so ziemlich gut. Aufgegeben Prag 7.5. © Transcription William Drabkin, 2024 |
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[hand-painted picture: narrow street, brightly-colored shops, people, captioned: “Budweis [“České Budějovice]: view of Breite Gasse – Gustav Brauner.”] {recto} [To:] ⇧ Mrs. Lie-Lie Schenker Vienna III/1 Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] [postage stamp and postmark torn off] ⇧ Budweis May 7, 1925 Dear Lie-lie, 1 To you and your dear husband, I am to convey most cordial greetings after today’s visit to Paul. I shall reply to your kind letter 2 very soon. Our little child is no trouble; she just [illegible words] yearns for her father. He is rather well. Dispatched from Prague May 7 © Translation William Drabkin, 2024 |
Footnotes1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for May 11, 1925: “Von Anna (Ansichtsk.) Gruß aus Budweis bei Gelegenheit ihres Besuches bei Paul” (“From Anna (picture postcard), greetings from Budweis on the occasion of her visiting Paul”). — Here Anna uses the first name that Jenny Kornfeld adopted in her new life with Heinrich. 2 Writing of this letter is not recorded in Schenker’s diary, nor does the letter survive. |
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