Dog and Duck, Artwork on Concentration Camp Mail
1940 September 14, Front side - Letter with painted artwork from Josef Matoušek, an inmate at the Dachau concentration camp.
Tan paper with printed text and outline in German using black ink. Cursive handwriting in German using black ink is present. At the center right, a handpainted illustration depicts a black dog and white duck before each other. The dog is standing on its hind legs.
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Dog and Duck, Artwork on Concentration Camp MailScope and Content
1940 September 14, letter with painted artwork from Josef Matoušek, an inmate at the Dachau concentration camp.Context
Nazi concentration camp artwork was a means for prisoners to engage in some sense of normalcy. The art depicted cultural traditions, holidays, landscapes, and tokens of meaning. Art was not to be religious or depict the atrocities of the concentration camps. Those who were found with secretive and inappropriate art were executed or transfered to execution camps. Art on concetration camp mail proved resilience in prisoners and offered hope to themselves and the receipients of the postage.Collection
ArtworkCategory
Letter
Philatelic Material