The following are examples of mail to and from Auschwitz III.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard with a an "Auschwitz (Oberschles) 3" postmark dated September 17, 1943 from prisoner #297023 to Tarnow. The postcard is identified in Lordahl as Type P2 with a Type C6 censor mark. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Example 1" in the left frame to return.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postcard from Konskie dated May 31, 1944 to prisoner #138123 at Arbeitslager Momowitz.. The postcard bears a censor mark identified in Lordahl as Type C13.1. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Example 2" in the left frame to return.
Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000). Referred to as Lordahl.
Copyright © 2001 Edward Victor