Austria, 1946
Michel 747
JF-item: 428955
1946. ÖSTERREICH. Interesting CENSORED COVER to UFFZ GERHARD SCHWAB, ÖSTERREICHER KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER I, EBENSEE O. Ö Block 1, Baracke 1. SS-soldier. Cancelled WIEN 05.1.46 and franking 12 g. Schafberg. American censor tape OPENED BY U.S. ARMY EXAMINER and censor cancel MILITARY CENSORSHIP CIVIL MAILS 2968. In mid- September 1943, representatives from the SS, the Armaments Ministry, and the War Office selected a wooded area about 4 kilometers from the village of Ebensee in
southeastern Austria for a new concentration camp that would be tied to armaments production. Construction of the Cement Labor Camp (SS- Arbeitslager Zement) began in November.
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