Postcard from Freital, Germany Forced Labor Camp

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.167

Object Name

Postcard

Date

2-6-1943

Files

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Description

Front: Tan postcard with purple printed postcard lines. Includes text written in green ink and a black hand stamp.Back: Message written in green ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postal card to a prisoner in the forced labor camp in Freital near Dresden, Germany, sent by a person in Bohemia and Moravia. Freital was the site of a forced labor camp consisting of about 4,000 to 5,000 prisoners working for the Saechsische Gusstalwerke (metal casings).

Dimensions

4 x 6"

Keywords

Labor, Camp, Prisoner, Hitler

Subcollection

Labor

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from Freital, Germany Forced Labor Camp" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.167.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/447