F02_P11: Sex Slavery Concentration Camps Ravensbrück and Buchenwald
1944 November 9, Reverse side - Parcel card addressed to Buchenwald concentration camp prisoner Wanda Kasmikowska.
Tan-yellow parcel card printed in German using black ink. The card is filled out with a recipient address to Wanda Kasmikowska in pencil. At the bottom of the document is a blue marking of the number 13 circled in blue. At the center is a blue marking correcting the handwritten address. At the top right is a cancellation stamp from Fürstenberg Meckl dated November 9th, 1944. Additionally, there is another identical cancellation stamp at the top left. There are two red stamps labeled "Postzensurstelle N.A. Ravensbrück" at the center left and top center. At the top edge is a postal sticker with the number 840 and reads "Fürstenberg (Meckl)".
Name/Title
F02_P11: Sex Slavery Concentration Camps Ravensbrück and BuchenwaldEntry/Object ID
2007.2.11Scope and Content
1944 November 9, parcel card addressed to Buchenwald concentration camp prisoner Wanda Kasmikowska.Context
In the summer of 1943, SS chief Heinrich Himmler ordered that “special buildings” (brothels) be established at each men’s concentration camp, to corrupt political prisoners and to provide “recreation” for SS guards and camp administrators. Each received 18 to 24 women prisoners from Ravensbrück, who were promised release after six months of sex slavery. This November 9, 1944, parcel card from the administration of women’s concentration camp Ravensbrück to woman prisoner Wanda Kasmikowska at men’s concentration camp Buchenwald is the only recorded example of sex-slave mail.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Registered Letter
Philatelic Material