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Lot 134

Letters Sent from Internment Camps in Cyprus + Receipts Booklet

Seven letters sent by Ahuva [Goldfarb?], who worked as a nurse in the Internment Camps in Cyprus, to Dr. Mina Lifshitz in Hadera, 1946-1947.
"There is more and more work here and it is very difficult to stop doing itג€¦"; "Tomorrow there will be a parade for 11th Adar. We are preparing for Purimג€¦"; "Every evening we have a Hebrew lesson for the medical staffג€¦"; "Children and their parents of all ages are gathered here, the youth village, the elderly, very weak people, pregnant women and ordinary peopleג€¦". Postal stamps of Famagusta; some of which have been removed. One letter unopened. Attached: a receipts-booklet, "The Social Work Department of the National Committee, the Relief-Committee for the Exiles in Cyprus" - receipts for donations for food-parcels to be sent by the Joint to the people in Internment Camps in Cyprus. Some of the receipts are unused. Size and condition varies.