Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Concentration Camp Letter, Ornamented by Prisoner

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Object ID

2014.1.316

Object Name

Postcard

Date

10-5-1942

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Description

Front: Red printed message on top in German, titled: "Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen." On the side and above the handwritten message are colorful flowers in yellow, pink, blue, green and black. They run up the left side and to the top of the message. There is a fold in the middle. Back: On one side of the fold is the address. Simply written addressee on red dotted line. On the righthand corner is a pink stamp of Hitler's profile facing left with a black, circular Oranienburg stamp. Bottom lefthand corner has a blue stamp with the letter E inside it, with a pencil scribble over it (censor mark). The other side of the fold has the name of the prisoner written in on a red dotted line with his cell number and block.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Censored concentration camp Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg lettersheet with rare prisoner drawing.

Dimensions

7 3/4 x 6"

Keywords

Orienburg, censor, flower, prisoner, Radom

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Concentration Camp Letter, Ornamented by Prisoner" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.316.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/574

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