Eintrachtshutte

Philatelic Materials

 

    Arbeitslager Eintrachtshutte was a subcamp of Auschwitz located near Swietochlowice.  The camp was in existence from June 1942 to January 1945 and housed prisoners working for Oberschlesische Machinen- und Waggonfabrik AG.  Below are thumbnails of a folded letter sent from prisoner #112778, an inmate at Eintrachtshutte.  The folded letter is identified in Lordahl as Type F2b with a Type C9 censor mark.  The letter bears a "Swietochlowice-Oberschlesische" postmark dated June 4, 1944Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Example 1" in the left frame to return.

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References

Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000), P. 21.  Referred to as Lordahl.

Copyright © 2001 Edward Victor