Austria, 1945
Michel 726
JF-item: 428959
1945. ÖSTERREICH. Interesting CENSORED COVER to UFFZ GERHARD SCHWAB, adressed to 10179 Camp, Steyr and later readressed to Ebensee. SS-soldier. Cancelled STEYR 03.12.45 and franking pair 8 Gr. American censor tape OPENED BY MIL. CENSOR CIVIL MAILS and censor cancel MILITARY CENSORSHIP CIVIL MAILS 1234. 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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