March 2022 Auction Day 2
Lot 15:
Sold for: $390
Description
Starobielsk – NKVD camp, the so-called special because 95% was murdered, created for officers of the Polish Army. In order to conceal the location of the camp, all correspondence was sent through Moscow and the only element distinguishing the camps were alphanumeric codes or post office box numbers (for Starobelsk No. 15)A postcard sent from Starobielsk on January 1, 1940 to PrzemyÅ›l by the Polish Army officer Adam BednarczykThe camps only existed from November 1939 to March-April 1940. Only one card per month could be sent. After the war, the Katyn massacre was hidden, hence the people were destroying the evidence of this crime out of fear of the people’s government. Therefore, a small amount of documentation of the letters has survived to the present day. Starobelsk – one of the three special camps Kozelsk Starobelsk Ostaszkow************IMPORTANT! We ship this article from our office in Europe****************
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