F01_P07: Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen
1940 November 7, Front side - Lettersheet from Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Tan lettersheet with printed text and outline in German using red ink. Cursive handwriting in German using blue ink is present overall. At the top right corner, a red 12-pfennig stamp depicting President Paul von Hindenburg. Overtop, a black ink cancellation dated November 7 ,1940. At the bottom left, a black ink overprint stamp reads, "Postzensurstelle".
Name/Title
F01_P07: Concentration Camp SachsenhausenEntry/Object ID
2008.4.7Scope and Content
1940 November 7, lettersheet from Sachsenhausen concentration camp.Context
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp, with an eventual capacity of more than 50,000 inmates, opened at Oranienburg, a Berlin suburb, in July 1936. It was the second large camp, after Dachau. Meanwhile, the smaller, so-called “wild” concentration camps that the Nazis had opened earlier, were phased out and closed. In July 1938, the SS administration of the entire concentration camp system moved its headquarters from Dachau to Sachsenhausen. Most of the time, prisoners at Sachsenhausen were allowed to send and receive two letters or two cards per month. This was reduced to one card or one letter during 1941, when the SS guards were busy executing about 15,000 captured Red Army prisoners, then restored to two per month in 1942 and later. Sachsenhausen regulations, printed on the inside of this formular lettercard mailed November 7, 1940, allowed two letters or cards per month at that time.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Lettersheet
Philatelic Material