German Covers & Cards

1943 Package receipt for package sent from Kielce, Poland, in the Generalgovernment, to Dachau 3K camp near Munich Germany. Postmarked June 26, 1943, the 6 Kg. package postage was paid with 2.30 zolty using Generalgovernment Hitler stamps. Reverse also has censor marking. and receiprt postmark July 3,7 1944. Card has non-detached receipt.

1942 formula letter from Sachsenhausen concentration camp to the Jewish ghetto in Litzmannstadt, Poland. The letter is a folding card with instructions (see photo) to the sender and a space for a message. Sachsenhausen, in Oranienburg Germany, near Berlin, was a brutal camp, noted for extermination of Russian POW's as well as political and religious prisoners. Content mail censor office D. Uses hitler 12pf stamp. Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall excellent condition.

1944 envelope and letter from Women's concentration camp Ravensbruck north of Berlin was sent by Emilie Sebkova. The letter has instructions to the sender and a space for a message. Both envelope and letter were sent by Emilie, but at a few months apart. Ravensntuck housed mainly political prisoners and some Jews. "Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, 90 km (56 mi) north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel). The camp memorial's estimated figure of 132,000 women were in the camp during the war... Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall excellent condition.

Scarce 1942 formula lettersheet from Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria to occupied Czechslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia). The lettersheet folds into a cover with instructions to the sender. Mauthausen was a also brutal camp, with several sub camps. Light censor markings over instructions. Uses hitler 12pf stamp. Reverse of letter has inmate's name, number, block and DOB. Overall good condition.

Scarce 1942 formula lettersheet from Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria to occupied Czechslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia). The lettersheet folds into a cover with instructions to the sender. Mauthausen was a also brutal camp, with several sub camps. Light censor markings over instructions. Uses two hitler 6pf stamps. Reverse of letter with space for inmate's name, number, block and DOB partially missing. Overall condition has missing piece and folded top along stamps.

1943 formula letter from Gross Rosen concentration camp. The letter is a folding card with instructions to the sender and a space for a message. Gross Rosen, The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen It was a labor camp that had some 120,000 prisoners pass through, a third of which died. Uses Hitler 12pf stam. Overall excellent shape considering conditions this survived.

1940's formula envelope from Auschwitz concentration camp. Envelope has instructions to the sender and room for a signiture, name, birthdate, prisoner number and block. KL Auschwitz was the largest and most notorious of the Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives there. Overall very fine condition. Second photo is a Google translation of the camp rules for mail.