By Becky Evans PUBLISHED: 05:06 EST, 28 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:43 EST, 1 September 2013 Henry Foner, pictured as a young boy, has published the heartbreaking postcards sent by his father before he was killed at Auschwitz A grandfather has revealed the heartbreaking postcards his father sent him from Nazi Germany before he died in Auschwitz. Henry Foner, 81, was just six when his parents sent him to Britain to escape the growing persecution of Jews in 1938. His father Max sent him dozens of brightly coloured postcards filled with fatherly love that  Mr Foner has treasured for the last 75 years.
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Henry Foner was sent postcards from his father after he was sent to Wales
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Publishing correspondence in book called Postcards to a Little Boy
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Max Lichtwitz sent cards to his son until outbreak of World War II in 1939
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The father-of-one was murdered in 1944 by the Nazis at Auschwitz
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Mr Foner said he wishes he could send his father a card to thank him for helping him escape the Nazi persecution
In this poignant postcard sent shortly before Britain declared war on @placeholder, Max wrote to his son: 'I'm glad that you are well and happy.