LOT 48:
Five Souvenir Postcards from the Liberation from the Nazi Death Camps
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Sold for: $220
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Estimated price:
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Five Souvenir Postcards from the Liberation from the Nazi Death Camps
Five souvenir postcards from the liberation from the Nazi death camps.
* Postcard designed by E. Burner [plate-signed] depicting a prisoner's hands rising up from barbed-wire fences. In memory of those killed in Buchenwald, Dachau and Stutthof. April-May 1945.
* Memorial postcard from the liberation of the Dachau camp depicting prisoners in uniform breaking through the barbed-wire fences at liberation. Official stamp on the reverse: DACHAU-GEDACHTNISKUNDGEBUNG 18/5/47
* Memorial postcard from the liberation of the Dachau camp depicting America's statue of liberty beside the camp's watchtower and barbed-wire fence against the background of the sun's rays breaking through the darkness [symbolizing the camp's liberation], and the date 29/4/1945. Postal stamp stamped 'Liberation Day' [Tag der Befreiung].
* Memorial postcard from the liberation of the Mauthausen camp from 5/5/1945. The front has a picture of a prisoner's hand holding the barbed-wire fence, with two Republic of Austria stamps under it.
* Memorial postcard from the liberation of the Auschwitz camp with a picture of the camp gate: "Arbeit Macht Frei" and a picture of a handcuffed prisoner, sent in the mail in October 1948.
Postcards in an identical size: 10x15 cm. Very fine condition.