Mitter Weissenbach was a labor camp located in Austria primarily engaged in highway repair. The town of Mitter Weissenbach is located between Bad Ischl and Ebensee. Bad Ischl was a subcamp of Dachau, and it is likely that the camp at Mitter Weissenbach was part of the Bad Ischl subcamp.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a postal stationery postcard sent from "Lager Mitter Weissenbach". Postal stationery is defined in Lordahl as postcards with a pre-printed stamp as referenced in the Michel Ganzsachen Catalogue. The postcard, from Hans Alboula, was written on March 7, 1941, and postmarkat Bad Ischel. The postcard is identified in Lordahl as type PS 2991. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postal Stationery" in the left frame to return.
Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000). Referred to as Lordahl.
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