F07_P12: Concentration Camps Urbisaglia and Ferramonti di Tarsia Internment Camp Carate-Urio; Camp-to-Camp Mail
1942 April 28, Front side - Post card from Jewish prisoner at Camp Urbisaglia to wife at Vienna camp.
White post card with printed outline in Italian in brown ink. Cursive handwriting in German using black ink is present overall. At the top right corner is one imprinted 30-centesimi brown stamp depicting King Victor Emmanuel facing forward. Underneath is a brown 5-centesimi stamp depicting the famous sculpture "The Capitoline Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus" from 15th-16th century unknown sculpturist from Italy or Roman identity. The green 25-centesimi stamp depicts King Victor Emmanuel facing to the left. Overtop are a few purple and black overprint postal censorship stamps. One features the Reichsadler. The other overprint ink stamps are illegible.
Name/Title
F07_P12: Concentration Camps Urbisaglia and Ferramonti di Tarsia Internment Camp Carate-Urio; Camp-to-Camp MailEntry/Object ID
2007.7.12Scope and Content
1942 April 28, post card from Jewish prisoner at Camp Urbisaglia to wife at Vienna camp.Context
Under pressure from Germany, the government of fascist Italy arrested Jews and confined them to dismal camps, though never with sufficient enthusiasm to satisfy the Nazis. Camp Urbisaglia in the fortified villa of the Giustiniani-Bandini princes was one of the first to open in June 1940, and one of the smallest with about 100 captives. It was located midway between Rome and Venice near the Adriatic coast. Ferramonti di Tarsia in southern Italy, where about 3,900 Jews were imprisoned, was the largest concentration camp in Italy, constructed June 4, 1940, six days before Italy entered the war. Arrests of Jews began June 15, and the first ones arrived at Ferramonti on June 20. On September 4, 1943, just prior to Italy's surrender, the government released prisoners from all camps in territory under its control. The April 28, 1942, 30-centesimi postal card with added 25-centesimi and 5-centesimi stamps went from a Jewish prisoner at Camp Urbisaglia to his gentile wife at Vienna. It was censored by camp authorities, by Italy, and by Germany at Munich. The June 6, 1942, card went from a Jewish man interned at the Carate-Urio camp near Lake Como (censored at the camp) to another Jewish prisoner at Camp Ferramonti.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material