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Auschwitz concentration camp postal card
Object Details
- Description
- An inmate at Auschwitz posted this card, which includes the rules governing inmate mail. The front includes the inmate’s identification, a Hitler stamp, and the censor’s mark—a red rubber stamp. The reverse features the inmate’s message.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 13, 1942
- Object number
- 2010.2030.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper (cardstock); ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 4 1/4 x 6 in. (10.8 x 15.24 cm)
- Place
- GERMANY (federal republic)
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- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Germany 511b
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_2010.2030.1
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