Victor Wieruszowski Postcard

The postcard was written by Victor Wieruszowski to his wife Frieda Schwerin Wieruszowski from Buchenwald concentration camp in 1938. In the postcard, Victor asks his wife to quickly sell as much of the inventory of his plumbing supply wholesale business as possible, and to send warm woolen socks. Victor Wieruszowski was arrested in Breslau, Germany, (now Wrocław, Poland) after Kristallnacht and was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp without being charged with any crime. He was held at Buchenwald for six weeks and then released as a result of his wife's continuous efforts and his World War I military service. In July 1939, eight months after his release from Buchenwald, the Wieruszowski family escaped to England. Shortly thereafter they were able to immigrate to the United States where they settled in Los Angeles, California.