F04_P16: Political Prison and Jewish Ghetto Theresienstadt
1940 May 20, Front side - Post card addressed to German solder at Theresienstadt.
White post card (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) with cursive handwriting in German using pencil. At the top right corner is a cancellation dated May 20, 1940. There is a drawn rectangle in the top right corner that is red crayon or pencil. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F04_P16: Political Prison and Jewish Ghetto TheresienstadtEntry/Object ID
2007.4.16Scope and Content
1940 May 20, post card addressed to German solder at Theresienstadt.Context
Nazi officials selected the Bohemian town of Terezín (Theresienstadt in German), located about 50 kilometers from Prague, as the location for a prison where captured opponents of the Nazi regime were kept, and for a Jewish ghetto and transit center. Political prisoners were allowed to send and receive only one letter or card per month, so their mail is seldom seen. A May 20, 1940, field post card to a German soldier garrisoned at the Theresienstadt more than a year before the Nazis established a Jewish ghetto there. Anti-Nazi political prisoner Franziska Sojková mailed the formular post card to her sister Elia Divisová at Prague on June 17, 1943.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material