Giessen was a subcamp of Buchenwald located in west-central Germany on the Lahn river. The camp worked with the Sanitaets-Ersatz und Ausbildungsabteilung. The prisoners were housed in a local lunatic asylum.
Below are thumbnails of the front and back of a Lordahl type L1c lettercard from an inmate at Arbeitslager Giessen postmarked November 6, 1944. The lettercard bears an unlisted censor mark. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Lettercard" 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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