F07_P11: Concentration Camp Dora-Mittelbau Secret weapons manufacture: V-2 rockets
1945 January 25, Front side - Post card from inmate at Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp.
Tan post card (appears orange via scan) with printed German in black ink as the outline. Cursive handwriting in black ink is present overall. At the top right corner is a red 6-pfennig stamp depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right. Overtop is a cancellation dated January 25, 1945. At the center is circle printed in black ink with the number and letter "11b" in the middle. At the bottom left is a stamp stating "Briefe dürfen nur in deutschen Sprache abgesandt werden" in German or "The letter must be in German to get mailed" in English. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F07_P11: Concentration Camp Dora-Mittelbau Secret weapons manufacture: V-2 rocketsEntry/Object ID
2007.7.11.aScope and Content
1945 January 25, post card from 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