- Document ID: 138749401
- Document Collection: 7-2-1-5_Briefe von Zwangsarbeitern und Zwangsarbeiterinnen
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Discussion Question
#ukrainian
Iwan / Irena MEDWID
sender:
Iwan MEDWID
„employer“: Heinrich Dietrich
other entries: I entered „unclear“ (hard to read, probably typos)
my ideas:
Groß-Zimmern (also see postmark), Hessen, Deutschland, Angelstr. 60
Dietrich seems to be a common last name in Groß-Zimmern.
recipient:
Irena MEDWID
entries in address: „unclear“ (maybe a mixture of Latin and Cyrillc?)
postmark „Gross Zimmern“ (more inferred than read…)
Maybe the sender („Iwan“, male) and recipient („Irena“, female) were mixed up? [edit: see below]
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the text is written from a male perspective, so I think Iwan is the sender, and Irena could be his mother.
I only could read the address in cyrillic on the left side:
(Україна, Вінницька об., Джулинський район, село Чернятка); Ukraine, Vinnyc’ka ob., Dschulynskyj rajon, Dorf Tschernjatka
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Hello, everyone!
The sender’s name is Iwan Medwid - that’s for sure.
Online archive has information about a person with the same name who was in Groß Zimmern.
DocID: 70310756
DeepLink: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/70310756
I also agree with the location of the recipient.
The nature of these typos is interesting - most likely, the person only knew how to write in Cyrillic and tried to adapt Latin letters to how he heard certain words. Because when he writes in Cyrillic, everything is quite clear.
All the best,
Aleksandr
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I wonder if my interpretation of „Heinrich Dietrich“ as employer is correct. (see above). What could be the meaning of No 16 in this context?
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I found this entry in the archive of Groß-Zimmern:
Could it have been common practice in this community to „number“ people with identical first and last names in order to distinguish them? That could explain number „16“ behind the employer’s name.
his other cards (for a better overview):
