F01_P09: Concentration Camp Buchenwald
1940 December 21, Front side - Money order receipt addressed to Buchenwald concentration camp.
Tan money order receipt with printed text in German using black ink. Cursive handwriting in German using black ink is present. At the bottom left, an individual's signature in blue ink. At the bottom right, a black ink cancellation dated December 21, 1940.
Name/Title
F01_P09: Concentration Camp BuchenwaldEntry/Object ID
2008.4.9Scope and Content
1940 December 21, money order receipt addressed to Buchenwald concentration camp.Context
Buchenwald, located on the Ettersberg mountain 10 kilometers outside Weimar, opened in May 1937. At its peak, the camp held about 80,000 inmates. An illegal resistance organization, the International Camp Committee (ILK), began recruiting among the prisoners in 1943. On April 11, 1945, the ILK staged an armed uprising, and arrested the SS personnel who had not fled as Allied forces advanced deep into Germany. Two days later, the United States Army arrived. Buchenwald was the only concentration camp to be liberated by its inmates. A money order receipt for 10 reichsmarks sent to Viktor Breuzel, a Buchenwald prisoner, was postmarked December 21, 1940. Almost a year later, on December 2, 1941, he wrote to his wife Maria, “It will soon be the third Christmas. Hopefully the last.”Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Money Order
Philatelic Material