Riga Ghetto Postal Cover

Authors

Object ID

2016.1.27

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1-18-1942

Files

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Description

Green with ‘Ghetto Verwaltung Riga, Ostland, Post Uberwachungsstelle, Nr. 1” printed in green at top left.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postally-used cover sent from ”Ghetto Administration Riga Ostland.” Riga postmark, sent to the Police President at SiPO Headquarters, Libau. Libau was the German name for Liepaja in Western Latvia.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/4"

Keywords

Riga, Ghetto, Liepaja, Latvia, SiPO

Subcollection

Ghettos

Recommended Citation

"Riga Ghetto Postal Cover" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.27.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1287