F05_P05: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech Hostages
1940 February 20, Front side - Post card from Buchenwald concentration camp.
Tan post card with printed German in Fraktur font using black ink. Cursive handwriting in black ink is also present at the sender's address and recipient's address. In the top right corner is a dark-green 6-pfennig stamp depicting President Paul von Hindenburg facing to the left. At the top center is an individual's signature in pencil (though appears purple via scan).
Name/Title
F05_P05: Concentration Camp Buchenwald Aktion Albrecht I: Czech HostagesEntry/Object ID
2007.5.5Scope and Content
1940 February 20, post card from Buchenwald concentration camp.Context
At the outbreak of war on September 1, 1939, the Gestapo arrested about 2,000 prominent Czech intellectuals and sent them to Buchenwald as hostages. Their treatment was significantly milder than what ordinary prisoners experienced. Special privileges included exemption from labor, and permission to send and receive mail every week. Most mail from this group bears no evidence of censorship. A February 20, 1940, post card and a September 9,1944, formular envelope, both mailed by Czech hostages at Buchenwald to recipients in Bohemia-Moravia Protectorate.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material