Mauthausen Commemorative Postcard

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.425a

Object Name

Postcard

Date

5-5-1946

Files

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Description

Tan postcard with green postcard lines. Includes a blue illustration of a hand reaching through barbed wire titled, "Niemals Vergessen!"

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: The concentration camp Mauthausen was liberated May 5, 1945. One year later, the Austrian government issued this commemorative card. Above the drawing of the outstretched hand against the barbed wire are the words "Niemals Vergessen", or "Never Forget".

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Barbed wire, Mauthausen, Liberation, Commemoration, Austria

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Mauthausen Commemorative Postcard" (1946). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.425a.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1127