Postcard from an SS Man to his Sister

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.284

Object Name

Postcard

Date

8-15-1942

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Description

Front: Tan postcard with an illustration of jumping antelope and handwritten message in German.Back: Continuation of handwritten message in blue ink. Addressed to Marianne Schaale.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Feldpost from Sankt Georg an Der Gusen, site of the Mauthausen/Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria. From SS man to his sister. With KL Mauthausen handstamp.

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 4"

Keywords

Angelope, Reich stamp, Dahlen Sankt Georg an Der Gusen Mauthausen, Gusen Concentration Camp, Austria, Marianne Schaale

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Postcard from an SS Man to his Sister" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.284.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/965

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