F05_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crimes Dachau Civil Internment Camps
1946 November 10, Front side - Letter from Julius Zwillinger to friend in U.S. occupation zone.
Beige letter with printed text in English using black ink. Printed handwriting in English using blue ink is present. At the top right corner, two overprint stamps in pink and magenta are present. At the bottom, an overlay from an additional archive on the exhibit page is present. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F05_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crimes Dachau Civil Internment CampsEntry/Object ID
2008.4.101Scope and Content
1946 November 10, letter from Julius Zwillinger to friend in U.S. occupation zone.Context
After freeing the Nazis’ captives, the Allied occupation forces converted the former concentration camp at Dachau into an internment and prison camp, designated Civil Internment Enclosure 29. War criminal suspects and unfriendly witnesses arrested by the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps were held at CIE 29. Above: German internee Julius Zwillinger at CIE 29 wrote to a friend in the U.S. occupation zone on November 10, 1946, shortly after the trial of the major Nazi war criminals had ended. Below: By the time his friend’s letter was posted at Wurzburg on August 8, 1947, Zwillinger had been relocated to another location. Both outgoing and incoming letters were examined and stamped by War Crimes unit censors. The incoming letter was marked “Hold for new address.” Postage was free for prisoners of war, but civil internees were required to pay postage. The military post office at Dachau had U.S. stamps in 1946, but no German stamps, so the lettersheet was rated 36 pfennigs postage due, which was collected on delivery.Collection
Nazi Scourge II: Five Frame ExhibitCategory
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Philatelic Material