F05_P15: Concentration Camp Auschwitz, Zichenau
1943 August 2, Front side - Post card from Zichenau, region in Nazi Germany.
Tan post card with printed German in green ink as the outline. Typed black ink and cursive handwriting in German using black ink are present. Purple overprint stamps are present at the center left. One imprinted green 6-pfennig stamp depicting President Paul von Hindenburg facing to the left is present. Blue markings at the center left are present.
Name/Title
F05_P15: Concentration Camp Auschwitz, ZichenauEntry/Object ID
2007.5.15Scope and Content
1943 August 2, post card from Zichenau, region in Nazi Germany.Context
On this August 2, 1943, message-and-reply postal card from Zichenau, Franz Zawacki queried the Auschwitz administration about the fate of prisoner Egon Konstanty Zawacki. It arrived at Auschwitz on August 4 and was routed to the Auschwitz Political Department. On August 8, the Leader of Department II typed a message to the Gestapo office in Zichenau/Schröttersburg on the reply portion of the card: "Regarding the person named on the other side, whom the local authorities delivered to concentration camp Auschwitz on November 28, 1941, he died on August 11, 1942. It is requested that Zawacki's next of kin be notified if this has not yet occurred." The card was filed, not remailed. Notice was probably by telegram.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material