Title

Envelope from Camp de Rivesaltes, France

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.158

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1941

Files

Description

Front: Pale envelope with address handwritten in black ink. Includes three pasted blue psotage stamps, one pasted pink postage stamp, as well as two other pasted stamps, as well as one pink and two black hand stamps.Back: Address written in black ink. Includes red, purple and black hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Like Drancy, the Camp de Rivesaltes was a transit camp for deportees ultimately shipped to extermination centers. Regular airmail cover to New York, camp censor and markings tying properly franked cover.

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Rivesaltes, Internment Camp, France

Subcollection

Internment, Transit

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from Camp de Rivesaltes, France" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.158.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/440