A dozen envelopes and two postcards sent by inmates of concentration and detention camps in France. France, early 1940s. French and additional languages.
1-12. A dozen envelopes from various camps, including the Camp de Gurs detention camp (six envelopes from this camp, mailed in the years 1940-42; some marked with inked stamps of the camp's censor); the concentration camp Argelès-sur-Mer; the detention and transit camp, Camp du Vernet d'Ariège; the Camp de Rivesaltes, Camp de Noé, and Camp des Milles concentration camps; and the La Guiche sanatorium for tuberculosis patients (which served, during the war, as a quarantine camp for patients from concentration camps throughout France).
13-14. Two letters from concentration camps, handwritten on postcards, one from Camp de Rivesaltes and the other from Nexon.
The envelopes and postcards bear the official inked stamps of the camp postal services and the camp censors, as well as registered mail labels (some with the names of the camps), postage stamps of Vichy France, and various other markings.
Also enclosed: An envelope mailed from the Ostrowiec Ghetto (Ostrowiec Kielecki) in south-central Poland, marked with the inked stamps of the Ghetto Judenrat (Jewish Council) and Ghetto postmarks, and German postage stamps.
Size and condition varies. Overall good to good-fair condition.