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German Occupation during World War II 1942 cover from Concentration Camp Salaspils, addressed to Mazsalaca, showing part of departure pmk, stamp was removed, as censors looked for messages hidden under the stamps, handstamped "Gepruft", with military
censor cachet alongside, showing return address "Darba Nometne Salaspili" (in the Salaspils work camp), with sender's date of birth penciled below. A rare cover from Salaspils concentration camp (established at the end of 1941 as a Police Prison and
Work Education Camp. It was also known as Camp Kurtenhof, German name for the city of Salaspils. The camp site was prepared in October 1941 by Soviet prisoners of war from the Salaspils branch camp Stalag 350/Z of the Riga of base camp 350 and by
deported Czech Jews as well as a few German Jews from KZ Jungfernhof. About 12,000 prisoners went through the camp during its existence. In addition to the German Jews who perished during the construction phase about 2,000 to 3,000 people died here
due to illness, heavy labor, inhuman treatment, epidemy, etc. (Image)
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Current Opening Price...$230.00
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