Wehrmacht Censored Envelope from Denmark to Switzerland

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.224

Object Name

Envelope

Date

1943

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Description

Front: A white envelope with a typewritten address. Includes one purple and three red postage stamps, two black hand stamps, one blue sticker and censor tape, as well as purple and red pencil markings.Back: Includes censor tape as well as one purple and two red hand stamps.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: In approximately two weeks from the date of this letter, Denmark was to ferry most of its Jews to safety in Sweden.

Dimensions

5 x 6"

Keywords

Censored, Swastika, German, Denmark, Reich seal

Subcollection

Denmark

Recommended Citation

"Wehrmacht Censored Envelope from Denmark to Switzerland" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.224.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/486

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