Germany #509 Greece RA48 on Clean Feldpost Cover from Occupied Salonika 1943

Item Specifics

Country

Germany

Catalog Number

509

Stamp Type

Occupation - Air Mail

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Military

Year of Issue

1943

Item Description

Historical Cover

Excellent clean cover with post office fresh stamps. There are two small glue dots on the back of the cover where it must have been mounted in an album. Cover has two Feldpost cancels, 1-RA48 Greece Salonika stamp, 1-German 509 and 1-Air Mail Label.

The soldier that sent this cover was in Salonika during the genocide.

Before World War II, Salonika (Thessaloniki) had the largest Jewish community in Greece. During the years 1941 to 1943, following the German occupation, the ancient and vibrant Jewish community of Salonika was destroyed.

In February 1943, German authorities concentrated the Jews of Salonika in two ghettos, one in the east of Salonika and one in the western, Baron de Hirsch quarter of the city. Jews were concentrated in the western quarter, near the railway station, in preparation for impending deportations. Between March and August 1943, the Germans deported more than 45,000 Jews from Salonika to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Most of the deportees were gassed on arrival in Auschwitz.

Letter is addressed to Kurt Dahimann at the time he was receiving the Kight's Cross.

KURT DAHLMANN (born 4 March 1918) is a retired German pilot, attorney, journalist, newspaper editor and political activist. He was also a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German language: _Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub_). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

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