Message from Female Prisoner on FKL Auschwitz Stationery

Authors

Object ID

2016.1.31

Object Name

Postcard

Files

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Description

Front: ‘F.K.L. Auschwitz’ printed in bold at top left; Back: handwritten message in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Frauen Konzentrationslager (FKL) Auschwitz/ Women’s Concentration Camp Auschwitz prisoner mail on camp stationery card. FKL Auschwitz was established as a subcamp of Frauen-Konzentrationslager Ravensbrueck housed at Auschwitz before becoming integrated with the Auschwitz camp proper at Birkenau (Auschwitz II). Stamp has been removed (censors did this to check for hidden messages) and another, uncanceled Mohemia Moravia applied. FKL imprinted covers are extremely scarce.

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 5 7/8"

Keywords

FKL, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck, Birkenau, Female, Concentration Camp

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Message from Female Prisoner on FKL Auschwitz Stationery" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.31.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1291