The large
Sachsenhausen concentration camp, with an eventual capacity
of more than 50,000 inmates, opened at Oranienburg, a suburb
of Berlin, in July 1936. In July 1938, the SS administration
of the entire concentration camp system moved its
headquarters from the Dachau concentration camp to
Sachsenhausen.
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Below: The
censor marking on the message side of the formular post card
mailed July 9, 1937, is the earliest type used at
Sachsenhausen. With macabre irony, the pictorial sailboat
cancel promoted Oranienburg as a pleasant summer resort for
Germans who did not fall afoul of the Nazis.
Below is an
August 26, 1944, Official field post post parcel waybill,
from the SS headquarters at Oranienburg to the Flossenbürg
concentration camp. |