Date	1946-01-02
Place	Vienna Melbourne
Subject	Red Cross and Red Crescent Melbourne (Vic.) German language Correspondence Censorship
Category	4. World War II
Author	Steger, Olga
Current holder	National Museum of Australia
Item number	1991.0060.0001.001
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	Austria
Language	German French English
Description from source	H 210mm x W 150mm x D 1mm Telegram sent to Leo Steger in Melbourne by his mother in Germany, dated 2 January, 1946. The letterhead is “Comite International DE LA CROIX-ROUGE. GENEVA (SUISSE)”, and the proforma details are printed in red in German and English. The translation of the message is; “Dear Poldi, am well, I have sufficient to eat. If you have a good job please stay where you are. Here it is unbearable. Hugs from mother”. It is stamped with a military censorship stamp and it has a Red Cross logo in the top left corner.
Physical format	Correspondence