F04_P07: Concentration Camp Mauthausen and Subcamp Gusen, Brief

Archive

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Spungen Family Foundation - Holocaust Postal Collection

1940 July 4, Front side - Post card from Gusen notifying Anna Cienciata her husband is imprisoned there.: Tan post card with printed German in black ink. Printed handwriting in black ink is also present. At the top right corner is a black 6-pfennig stamp of President Paul von Hindenburg facing to the left. Overtop is a cancellation from Linz dated July 4, 1940.
1940 July 4, Front side - Post card from Gusen notifying Anna Cienciata her husband is imprisoned there.

Tan post card with printed German in black ink. Printed handwriting in black ink is also present. At the top right corner is a black 6-pfennig stamp of President Paul von Hindenburg facing to the left. Overtop is a cancellation from Linz dated July 4, 1940.

Name/Title

F04_P07: Concentration Camp Mauthausen and Subcamp Gusen, Brief

Entry/Object ID

2007.4.7.a

Scope and Content

1940 July 4, post card from Gusen notifying Anna Cienciata her husband is imprisoned there.

Context

A March 11, 1941, Mauthausen Nazi SS guard’s postage free field post card to his wife at Vienna. The patriotic design pictures the Iron Cross First Class medal, awarded for bravery in combat. A July 4, 1940, Mauthausen prisoner’s formular post card notified Anna Cienciata that her husband Georg had been sent to the Gusen subcamp and that he could receive two pieces of mail per month. Camp censors marked both cards. The July 4, 1940, pictorial machine cancel of Linz advertised a Hitler Youth sports gathering.

Collection

Nazi Scourge I: Primary Exhibition

Category

Post Card
Philatelic Material

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1940 - Jul 1940

Primary Language

German

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Measurement of the full length and width of the archive.

Width

4-1/8 in

Length

5-13/16 in

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

C. Walrich - Updated (Dec 9 2025) C. Walrich - Updated Title (Feb 26 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up Material (Mar 9 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up PDF (May 6 2026)