F10_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crime Trials, United States
1945 October 22, envelope from APO 403 Munich addressed to Robert W. Kempner.
Tan envelope (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) with typed text in English using black ink. At the right side are three 3-cent stamps depicting an American bald eagle in the shape of a V with 13 stars around it. The stamps are purple and read "United States postage" at the bottom. At the top right corner is a 3-cent purple overprint stamp depicting the outline of George Washington's head facing to the left, as he is depicted on the 25-cent quarter. Two cancellations dated October 22, 1945 are present. At the left side reads, "Air mail!" in cursive handwriting using black ink. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F10_P15: Holocaust Aftermath: War Crime Trials, United StatesEntry/Object ID
2007.10.15.aScope and Content
1945 October 22, envelope from APO 403 Munich addressed to Robert W. Kempner.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