1943 Germany Brandenburg Euthanasia Center Postcard Cover Concentration Camp

Item Specifics

Country

Germany

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Up for auction is a beautiful censored postcard cover from the Brandenburg Havel concentration camp, euthanasia center. Exceptionally rare. The building was originally a prison and between 1933 and 1934 it housed a concentration camp and was later used as a jail and interrogation center for prisoners. Between 1939 and 1940 thousands of mentally ill patients were murdered there. After that was halted it was used primarily for poltical and social prisoners, some 2,000 of whom were executed. The facility remains in use to this day as a prison.This is an exceptionally rare piece of postal history. Not clear if the sender is a detainee or a staff member at the prison. But sent to his mother. Priced to sell. Postmarked February or July 12, 1943. For the serious collector of Judaica and Holocaust related philately this is an exceptional item. Cover is in excellent condition. Shipping will be a flat $2.00 within the continental U.S. for USPS mail. Overseas airmail shipping is $3.00. Shipping includes insurance and registered mail fees. Questions? Please contact me at: azteccollectables at hotmail.com. Check out my other online auctions of rare and vintage stamps. My e bay store, Aztec Collectables, has a fine and growing selection of unique covers, stamps and postcards. Please make pay arrangements within 72 hours of winning the auction. I will combine shipping on multiple wins, if you want combined shipping wait until I invoice you.

Seller Information

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AztecCollectables (3463)

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11/23/2011

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Item Location

Florida, United States

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Worldwide

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