F07_P14: Romania: Jewish Slave Labor Camp Suraia, Prisoner to Wife
1942 June 23, Front side - Post card from Isaac Braunstain at Camp Suraia to wife Eva at Bacau.
Tan post card with text and outline in blue ink. At the top right corner is a blue imprinted 5-leu stamp depicting Ion Antonescu facing forward. Overtop is a cancellation dated June 23, 1942. Overall, cursive handwriting in purple ink is present. At the center left is a diagonal stamp in blue ink. At the left edge are three cancellation stamps dated June 24, 1942.
Name/Title
F07_P14: Romania: Jewish Slave Labor Camp Suraia, Prisoner to WifeEntry/Object ID
2007.7.14.aScope and Content
1942 June 23, post card from Isaac Braunstain at Camp Suraia to wife Eva at Bacau.Context
The tiny Romanian town of Suraia, District Putna, was the location of a Jewish labor camp. Inmates were treated so abominably that a 1942 document recorded an entire detachment observed laboring at a remote location completely naked. A Jewish family correspondence: June 9, 1942, censored postal card from Eva Braunstain at Bacau to her husband, Isaac, detainee at Camp Suraia, and June 23, 1942, censored postal card from Isaac Braunstain at Camp Suraia to his wife Eva at Bacau.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material