F01_P14: Concentration Camp Dachau Civilian Support for the Nazi Administration
1942 February 22, Reverse side - Post card from Dachau concentration camp.
Brown post card with printed text and outline in German using black ink. Typed text in German using black ink appears at the right side. At the top right corner, a red 8-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right is present. Overtop, a black ink overprint cancellation dated February 22, 1942 appears.
Name/Title
F01_P14: Concentration Camp Dachau Civilian Support for the Nazi AdministrationEntry/Object ID
2007.1.14Scope and Content
1942 February 22, post card from Dachau concentration camp.Context
This February 22, 1942, cover from the Dachau town mayor’s office to the SS administration of the Dachau concentration camp advertised local tourist attractions: castle, museum, artists’ community, picturesque mountain view and spa, just 30 minutes from Munich by bus or train. Local leaders assisted Nazi concentration camp officials to secure all required goods and services to keep the camp functioning. Despite these close working relationships, German civilians professed not to have known of the camp’s horrors when forced to view them by soldiers of the Seventh United States Army who liberated the camp on April 29, 1945. Local single letter postage was 8 pfennigs.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Cover, Post Card
Philatelic Material