F02_P13: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech Hostages
1942 June 12, Front side - Money order from Czechoslovakia to Czech prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp.
Pink money order with printed text and outline in German and Czech using black ink. Typed text in German using black ink is present. At the bottom center, a signature and date June 12, 1942 in pencil. At the top right corner, a light green 3-koruna stamp depicting Bohemia-Moravia. Overtop, a cancellation dated June 12, 1942 appears.
Name/Title
F02_P13: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech HostagesEntry/Object ID
2008.4.31Scope and Content
1942 June 12, money order from Czechoslovakia to Czech prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp.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
Money Order
Philatelic Material