F02_P13: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech Hostages
1942 October 27, Front side - Post card from Czech hostage at Buchenwald to Bohemia-Moravia.
Tan post card with printed text and outline in German using purple ink. Cursive handwriting in German using black ink appears. At the top right corner, an 6-pfennig imprinted purple stamp depicting Adolf Hitler fact to the right is present. Overtop, a cancellation dated October 27, 1942 appears. At the bottom left, the overlay from an archive on the exhibit page is present. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F02_P13: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech HostagesEntry/Object ID
2008.4.30Scope and Content
1942 October 27, post card from Czech hostage at Buchenwald to Bohemia-Moravia.Context
At the outbreak of war on September 1, 1939, the Gestapo arrested about 2,000 prominent Czech intellectuals and sent them to Buchenwald as hostages. Their treatment was significantly milder than what ordinary prisoners experienced. Special privileges included exemption from labor, and permission to send and receive mail every week. Most mail from this group bears no evidence of censorship. Above: An October 27, 1942, postal card mailed by a Czech hostage at Buchenwald to his mother in Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate. Below: A June 12, 1942, clipped portion of an international money order from Czechoslovakia to a Czech prisoner at Buchenwald; June 15 arrival datestamp and purple cachet of the Buchenwald prisoners’ money management administration office on the back.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material