Object ID
2015.2.29
Object Name
Postcard
Date
11-18-1945
Files
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Description
Front: Message written in pencil across the entirety of the postcard. Back: Split by vertical black line. Left side has return address written in pencil on printed lines. Beneath is a purple textual hand stamp, and a large blue rectangular handstamp with German inside. The right side has a pink stamp of Hitler in profile facing right with a black Sangerhausen circular hand stamp over it. Beneath the address is written in pencil on printed dotted lines. Dora-Sangerhausen was a secret production facility for manufacture of the V-1 and V-2 rockets.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Postcard from inmate at concentration camp Dora-Sangerhausen, 1945. Rare postcard from this camp, the production facility for V-2 rockets.
Dimensions
4 x 5 3/4"
Keywords
Stamp, Sangerhausen, Dora-Sangerhausen, V-2 rockets, Rira Wachova
Subcollection
Concentration
Recommended Citation
"Postcard to Rira Wachova from Unknown Inmate at Dora-Sangerhausen" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.29.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/152