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MATHIAS MATYAS Senior cantor of the synagogue in Vienna. A.L.S. on the verso of a postcard, Vienna, Sep. 8, 1939, written one week after the German invasion of Poland in German to a friend in Budapest. Matyas, who was Hungarian by birth, chose to write in German, perhaps to confound international censors who would choose instead to let the card pass. The content reflects the suffering of the Jewish population. At one point, he thanks the man for sending packets of "grieben" or greaves, the product of the rendering of fats, usually pork. We understand that the cantor also intersperses the text with blessings in Hebrew. Matyas signs at conclusion, and again in the return address area on recto. Mathias Matyas would die a few years hence at Theresienstadt.

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May 14, 2020 12:00 PM EDT
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