Rosevine Landscape, Artwork on Concentration Camp Mail
1941 July 20, Front side - Letter with painted artwork from Josef Matoušek, an inmate at the Dachau concentration camp.
Tan letter with printed text and outline in German using black ink. At the center right, a landscape painted with an array of colors is framed by a red rosevine. Cursive handwriting in German is present.
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Rosevine Landscape, Artwork on Concentration Camp MailScope and Content
1941 July 20, letter with painted artwork from Josef Matoušek, an inmate at the Dachau concentration camp.Context
Nazi concentration camp artwork was a means for prisoners to engage in some sense of normalcy. The art depicted cultural traditions, holidays, landscapes, and tokens of meaning. Art was not to be religious or depict the atrocities of the concentration camps. Those who were found with secretive and inappropriate art were executed or transfered to execution camps. Art on concetration camp mail proved resilience in prisoners and offered hope to themselves and the receipients of the postage.Collection
ArtworkCategory
Letter
Philatelic Material