This is a historically significant document known as a Parcel Admission Notice (Zulassungskarte) for the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Ghetto.

Here is the translation of the German text (left column) and an explanation of how this system worked.

Translation

Header: From: Bekon Rebekka, [Prisoner Number] U/934 Address: Hauptstr. 2 (Main Street 2) THERESIENSTADT Post Office: Bauschowitz (Bohušovice)

Body Text:

"Enclosed we are sending you, for the above-named person, 1 Admission Stamp for a parcel to Theresienstadt.

This stamp must be pasted onto the postal parcel. Parcels to Theresienstadt that are not provided with admission stamps will not be transported by the Post Office.

Please sign the enclosed confirmation of receipt of the stamp and return it immediately."

Signature: Council of Elders of the Jews in Prague

Recipient (Bottom Left): P. T. (Titular prefix, like "To Mr.") Jellenik Dr. Hermann Brünn (Brno) Offermanngasse (Offermann Street)

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Historical Explanation

The green stamps is a Permission Stamp (Zulassungsmarke).

The Rules: People outside the camp could not simply mail packages to prisoners whenever they wanted.

The Process: A prisoner (Rebekka Bekon) had to earn or be granted the "privilege" to receive a package. She would request this form. The Jewish Council in Prague would then mail this specific form to her relative/friend (Dr. Hermann Jellenik in Brno).

The Action: Dr. Jellenik had to take the green stamp, paste it onto a box of food or clothes, pay the regular postage, and then mail it. Without this specific green stamp, the Nazi postal service would confiscate the package.

2. The Names

• The Prisoner: Rebekka Bekon. Her transport number was U/934. The "U" transport usually indicates she was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt. (The "U" series transports arrived in 1942/43).

• The Recipient: Dr. Hermann Jellenik in Brno. He was likely a relative or a friend trying to support her.

The Cruelty of the Stamp Design If you look closely at the green stamp, it features a landscape with a tree and a citadel. It was designed by a prisoner artist, Bedřich Fritta. The design is deceptively peaceful—it makes Theresienstadt look like a nice countryside town. This was part of the Nazi deception to hide the overcrowding, starvation, and disease inside the ghetto.

Value: Complete forms like this—where the admission stamp is still attached and has not been cut out and used—are quite desirable to collectors. It means Dr. Jellenik either never sent the package, or this form was a duplicate/extra that survived the war.

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