F05_P16: Women’s Concentration Camp Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Auschwitz Central Administration, Flossenbürg
1944 September 22, Front side - Waybill from Auschwitz printing facility to Flossenbürg concentration camp.
Tan waybill (appears orange-tan via scan) with printed text and outline in German using black ink. Typed text in German using black ink is present. At the center, a Reichadler overprint stamp is present. A cancellation stamp dated September 22, 1944 appears.
Name/Title
F05_P16: Women’s Concentration Camp Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Auschwitz Central Administration, FlossenbürgEntry/Object ID
2007.5.16.aScope and Content
1944 September 22, waybill from Auschwitz printing facility to Flossenbürg concentration camp.Context
Auschwitz, the harshest of all the Nazi concentration camps, consisted of three main camps and about 45 smaller sub-camps. Auschwitz I, the original camp, hosted the central administration office for the entire complex. Auschwitz II, also called Birkenau, was built in March 1941, 3 kilometers from the original camp. The Auschwitz women’s Frauenlager (F.K.L. Auschwitz) opened at the original location in March 1942, but moved to Birkenau on August 16, 1942. Birkenau was also the location of the extermination gas chambers and crematoria. Auschwitz III (Buna-Monowitz) was principally a synthetic rubber factory that employed slave labor, with other enterprises added as time wore on. For obvious reasons, very few letters or cards addressed to Auschwitz prisoners have survived, so the March 27, 1943, postal card from a mother in Warsaw to her daughter at Birkenau is exceptional. The postage free official mail parcel waybill from the printing facility of the Auschwitz central administration to the Flossenbürg concentration camp administration probably accompanied a shipment of formular stationery for prisoners.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Waybill
Philatelic Material