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Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. [LCID: 12244]
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Official postcard for use by prisoners of Esterwegen

Official postcard for use by prisoners of the Esterwegen concentration camp. Esterwegen, near Hamburg, was one of the early camps established by the SS. The text at the left side gives instructions and restrictions to inmates about what can be mailed and received. Germany, August 14, 1935.

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