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Holocaust – Official Postcard from the “Central Office for Jewish Emigration”, -  Vienna – Notice to Collect Exit Documents, 30 June 1939 Official postcard issued by the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung (Central Office for Jewish Emigration), an institution established by the Nazi authorities in Vienna after the annexation of Austria, responsible for controlling and administering the forced emigration of Austrian Jews. The printed card bears the office heading and address: Wien IV., Prinz Eugenstr. 22. The text informs the recipient that the requested exit documents may be collected on 30 June 1939, emphasizing that passports must be collected personally and that this card must be presented as identification when retrieving the documents. Such postcards functioned as official summons and identification slips, illustrating the bureaucratic mechanisms used by the Nazi regime to regulate and supervise the emigration process imposed on Jewish residents. The address side shows the recipient’s handwritten address and a Vienna postmark dated 29 June 1939, one day before the required collection date. A red postal marking “Nachgebühr” (postage due) is also present. A documentary item from the Holocaust era reflecting the administrative system governing the forced emigration of Jews from Austria in the late 1930s. Size: standard postcard format. Condition: good; minor edge losses and small tears. Items from the collections of Jacob Yablok - VirtualJewishmuseum.com.