F07_P11: Concentration Camp Dora-Mittelbau Secret weapons manufacture: V-2 rockets
1944 November 21, Front side - Post card addressed to inmate at Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp.
Tan post card with printed red text and imprinted red 6-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right. Overtop is a cancellation dated November 21, 1944. Overall, there is cursive handwriting in black ink. At the bottom left is a purple censorship stamp.
Name/Title
F07_P11: Concentration Camp Dora-Mittelbau Secret weapons manufacture: V-2 rocketsEntry/Object ID
2007.7.11Scope and Content
1944 November 21, post card addressed to inmate at Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp.Context
After Allied bombers destroyed the German rocket production facility at Peenemünde on the night of August 18, 1943, the entire project was moved to Sangerhausen in the Harz Mountains. The first skilled laborers arrived from Buchenwald on August 28, and the Dora-Mittelbau rocket manufacturing project was established in underground tunnels to protect it from aerial bombardment. Rocket scientist Arthur Rudolph was among the men in charge of the cruel slave labor complex. The United States Army liberated Dora-Mittelbau on April 9, 1945. Above: A November 21, 1944, postal card addressed to an inmate of Dora-Mittelbau (indicated by the "D" in the address). Below: A January 25, 1945, post card from an inmate ("D" in the return address). Mail from inmates is very seldom seen; mail to inmates is virtually unknown. The creases and wear on this card poignantly attest to how fervently young Stanislaus Schiller cherished his beloved mother's precious greeting, which has been obliterated by abrasion.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material