F04_P07: Concentration Camp Mauthausen and Subcamp Gusen
1941 March 11, Front side - Post card from Mauthausen concentration camp.
Tan post card with printed text and outline in German using black ink. Cursive and printed handwriting in black ink is present. Cancellation dated March 11, 1941 present at the top right corner. At the bottom left corner is a printed Iron Cross with a swastika in the center and the year 1939 below. To the right a red ink stamp of the Reichsadler is present.
Name/Title
F04_P07: Concentration Camp Mauthausen and Subcamp GusenEntry/Object ID
2007.4.7Scope and Content
1941 March 11, post card from Mauthausen concentration camp.Context
A March 11, 1941, Mauthausen Nazi SS guard’s postage free field post card to his wife at Vienna. The patriotic design pictures the Iron Cross First Class medal, awarded for bravery in combat. A July 4, 1940, Mauthausen prisoner’s formular post card notified Anna Cienciata that her husband Georg had been sent to the Gusen subcamp and that he could receive two pieces of mail per month. Camp censors marked both cards. The July 4, 1940, pictorial machine cancel of Linz advertised a Hitler Youth sports gathering.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material