F06_P02: Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen
1942 June 28, Front side - Formular lettercard from German Jewish prisoner Heinz Israel Katz to his non-Jewish son in Berlin.
Tan post card with cursive handwriting in black ink. At the center right is a red 12-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right. Overtop is a cancellation dated June 26, 1942. At the bottom left is a faded purple postal censorship stamp with a swastika in the center.
Name/Title
F06_P02: Concentration Camp Gross-RosenEntry/Object ID
2007.6.2Scope and Content
1942 June 28, formular lettercard from German Jewish prisoner Heinz Israel Katz to his non-Jewish son in Berlin.Context
Gross-Rosen, located in Silesia between Görlitz and Breslau (Wrocław) opened August 2, 1940, initially as a Sachsenhausen sub-camp, mainly to receive prisoners from the occupied and annexed territories. Together with Mauthausen, Gross-Rosen was among the harshest of all the camps. Lagerstufe 1, the most lenient level, was the designation for Dachau and Sachsenhausen. Lagerstufe 2, the intermediate level, included Flossenbürg, Buchenwald, and Neuengamme. Gross-Rosen was classified Lagerstufe 3, the most severe. On May 1, 1941, Gross-Rosen became an independently operated camp, mainly for Jews; about 30 percent of the inmates were women, almost all of them Jews. It later became a holding and transit camp for Jews destined for death camps to the East, and finally was closed and evacuated on February 11, 1945. A June 28, 1942, formular lettercard from German Jewish prisoner Heinz Israel Katz to his non-Jewish son in Berlin.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Lettersheet
Philatelic Material