Object ID
2014.1.266
Object Name
Envelope
Date
8-25-1942
Files
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Description
Front: Green envelope with four postage stamps of Adolf Hitler in various colors. Includes four black and two purple hand stamps, a line of writing in purple pencil and a red and white sticker.Back: A black hand stamp.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Cover to Berlin with handstamp of Reichskommissariat of the Ukraine. Rovno (Rivne) fell to the Germans in June 1941 and was turned into a regional civilian administrative capital in Volhynia. Erich Koch was the Hitler-appointed Reichskommisar whose mission was to exploit the region - its resources and people - for German ends.
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 6 1/4"
Keywords
Rovno, Rowno, Stamps, Reich seal
Subcollection
Bullets
Recommended Citation
"Envelope from Rovno, Ukraine" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.266.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/525
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