Heinkel was a subcamp of Sachsenhausen engaged in the manufacture of airplane parts, employing up to 15,000 prisoners.
Below is a thumbnail of a lettercard postmarked March 17,1945, from an inmate at the Heinkel camp, Charles Beck, and is identified in Lordahl as Type L1a with a Type C9 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.
Below is a thumbnail of a postcard postmarked October 9,1944, to an inmate at the Heinkel camp, Vinzens Styszka. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and then click your back key or "Postcard" 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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