Michael Cohn Collection 1915-circa 1940

This collection primarily consists of World War I era postcards, some from Siegmund Cohn, World War I soldier, to individuals in Germany. The remainder of the collection are postcards generally dating from World War I period, some written by other individuals, and many blank. Besides Berlin, Leipzig appears as a common theme in this set of postcards. There is a very early Nazi postcard, dated 1924, with a picture of child in Nazi uniform, on the back, period English handwriting states "Young Germany. The badge on the arm is a sign of Arian determination to drive Semitism out of Europe." There are also photocopies of pictures of Siegmund Cohn in uniform and in a hospital setting. Accompanying the postcards and pictures are assorted items: Prussian passport from 1922 for Elisabeth Budach; coupon requesting help to rebuild the Leipziger Volkshaus after it burned in 1920; circa 1930s pamphlet entitled "Ihr Ordinärer Antisemitismus."Processed for digitizatio