F10_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crime Trials
1946 August 21, Front side - Envelope from Jewish sender at Geneva to Robert H. Jackson of the United States Supreme Court.
Tan envelope (appears yellow via scan) with typed text in English using black ink. At the top right corner are two Helvetia, Switzerland stamps. One is a dark red 10-franc depicting mountains, a lake, and castle. The other is a red 20-franc depicting an island and lake. Overtop is a rectangular stamp from Geneva. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F10_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crime TrialsEntry/Object ID
2007.10.15Scope and Content
1946 August 21, envelope from Jewish sender at Geneva to Robert H. Jackson of the United States Supreme Court.Context
The chief American prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal was Justice Robert H. Jackson of the United States Supreme Court. He had been Attorney General of the United States in 1940 and 1941, as the August 21, 1946, cover from a Jewish sender at Geneva titled him. Robert W. Kempner, addressee of the October 22, 1945, cover at APO 403 (Munich), was an anti-Nazi attorney who had fled Germany in 1933. As the United States assistant chief counsel for the IMT, he was credited with finding the Wannsee protocol that ordered the "final solution of the Jewish question" [extermination]. The concessionary U.S. domestic rate for air mail letters to and from overseas active-duty military personnel and civilians employed in militarily essential occupations was six cents per half ounce, so postage on this envelope paid a double letter rate.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Cover
Philatelic Material