Sonnenberg

Philatelic Materials

General

    Sonnenberg was a subcamp of Buchenwald established in September, 1944. The camp had an average strength of about 400 prisoners working for the Zahnradwerke C.G. Reinhardt (produced wheels and cogs).

Postcard

    Below are thumbnails of the front and  back of a Lordahl type Ps314II/09 postcard postmarked October 20, 1944, from an Italian prisoner to Miagliano, Italy. The card bears a Miagliano receiving mark dated December 5, 1944.

 

References

Erik Lordahl, German Concentration Camps 1933-1945, History and Inmate Mail (2000). Referred to as Lordahl.

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