F04_P06: Prisoner of War and Internee Mail No refuge for German Jews in France
1942 August 6, Front side - Lettersheet from captured Polish soldier in Stalag XVIIID to wife in France.
Beige lettersheet with printed text in German and French using black ink. Cursive handwriting in French using black ink is present. At the top right corner, a black ink overprint stamp dated August 6, 1942. Underneath, a pink overprint stamp is present.
Name/Title
F04_P06: Prisoner of War and Internee Mail No refuge for German Jews in FranceEntry/Object ID
2008.4.68Scope and Content
1942 August 6, lettersheet from captured Polish soldier in Stalag XVIIID to wife in France.Context
Alfred Cohn, a German Jew, had escaped to France where he was then interned (nominally as a prisoner of war) at Colombes Stadium near Paris, along with POWs and deserters from the German army. This envelope was mailed to him from California on March 13, 1940, and arrived at Colombes on April 8, but the camp had been closed in October 1939, so it was returned to the sender. If Cohn remained in France, he probably was eventually transported to a death camp in Poland. An August 6, 1942, formular prisoner-of-war lettersheet went from captured Polish soldier in Stalag XVIIID at Marburg, Germany (Maribor, Slovenia) to his wife who had fled to the part of France subsequently occupied by Nazi Germany. Mail to and from POWs and internees was sent postage free.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
Lettersheet
Philatelic Material