F09_P07: Undercover Address Helena Lübke, Lausanne
1943 May 25, Reverse side - Envelope from Helena Lübke undercover address to Lausanne to interned Polish officer.
Tan envelope with cursive handwriting in black ink. At the left side is an adhesive sticker from the Internment Service Censorship examiner. At the top right corner is a black overprint cancellation dated May 25, 1943. Directly to the left is a black overprint stamp depicting the shadow of a soldier with his right hand over his lips, performing a shushing movement. The soldier is wearing a brodie helmet and has a rifle on his back. Three people, two men and one woman are standing facing the mystique shadow of the soldier. At the center left is a red delivery stamp.
Name/Title
F09_P07: Undercover Address Helena Lübke, LausanneEntry/Object ID
2007.9.7Scope and Content
1943 May 25, envelope from Helena Lübke undercover address to Lausanne to interned Polish officer.Context
Helena Lübke had been secretary to Ignacy Paderewski, the Polish statesman and world renowned musician who died in exile during World War II. Using her personal funds, she established a service using several undercover addresses in Lausanne, Switzerland, to link people in Nazi-occupied Poland, including prisoners of war and internees, with Poles who had escaped to Allied countries. A May 25, 1943, postage free field post cover from one Helena Lübke undercover address at Lausanne to an interned Polish officer in a Swiss military internment camp at Fribourg, sealed with a trilingual tape of the Internment Service Censorship examiner. A July 29, 1941, censored postal card from Kraków, Poland, to another undercover address of Helena Lübke in Lausanne. The handstamped endorsement "Eingeliefert am Schalter" (dispatched from a counter) meant that the sender had obeyed postal regulations for foreign mail. The boxed "V" propaganda slogan meant "Germany victorious on all fronts!"Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Cover
Philatelic Material