Envelope Addressed to Philipp Bouhler

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.65

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1943

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Description

Front: Tan envelope with six varying postage stamps, each with a black circular hand stamp over it. Also includes a typewritten address, and red and white censor tape in upper left corner.Back: Two official seal stickers on back flap.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Philipp Bouhler (1899-1945) was a Nazi leader who was both a Reichsleiter and Chief of the Chancellery of the Fuhrer of the Nazi Party. He was also the SS officer responsible for the Aktion T4 euthanasia program, developed with Karl Brandt, that murdered more than 70,000 disabled German adults and children. Arrested with his wife in 1945, he committed suicide. The knowledge gained from Aktion T4 was eventually applied to the industrialized murder of other groups of people.

Dimensions

5 1/8 x 6 1/2"

Keywords

Philipp Bouler, Philipp Kosack & Co., NSDAP, Nazi, Berlin, Germany

Recommended Citation

"Envelope Addressed to Philipp Bouhler" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.65.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/375