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Milein Cosman, recipient: Helene Cosmann

Postcard from Milein Cosman to Helene and Hugo Cosmann

26 May 1939

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Milein Cosman 1921 – 2017
Recipient
Helene Cosmann
Date
26 May 1939
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Created by
Milein Cosman 1921 – 2017
Recipient
Helene Cosmann
Title
Postcard from Milein Cosman to Helene and Hugo Cosmann
Date
26 May 1939
Description
A postcard asking Helene and Hugo not to worry about a visa, and an invitation to Campbeltown, [Scotland] from the Brown's which means Milein should be able to get a visitors visa to Britain and Milein's hopes Hugo and Helene will be able to move to Campbeltown. Hugo and Helene Cosmann were living in Amsterdam at this time after fleeing Nazi Germany after the Kristallnacht. Handwritten.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by the Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust, 2021
Reference
TGA 20227/2/184/9

Archive context

  • Personal and professional papers, artwork, correspondence and photographs of Milein Cosman TGA 20227 (260)
    • Correspondence TGA 20227/2 (50)
      • Cosmann, Helene TGA 20227/2/184 (2)
        • Postcard from Milein Cosman to Helene and Hugo Cosmann TGA 20227/2/184/9
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