Patrick Verwerft
Country: Belgium
Title in the original language: “Briefaktion” des RSHA (Juden)
Title translated into English: “Action mail” of the Reich Main Security Office (Jews)
Publisher: Begijnendijk, International Postal History Library
Year of publication: 2024
ISBN Code: 9789076873169
Number of pages: 212
Price: 40 €
Main language: English
Short Description: This 212 page full color hardcover book describes in detail both the political and postal background of this operation. Never before has any study been published on this subject, let alone such a de tailed one! The postcards and letters describing this Briefaktion are extremely rare silent witnesses to one of the darkest periods of our recent history. They show the last written words of people who were doomed to disappear in one of the greatest genocides the world has ever known. The cooperation of several important archives such as Dossin, Yad Vashem, Auschwitz, Terezin, have been able to contribute to the fact that this book gives an excellent picture of what the Briefaktion was in the various extermination camps such as Auschwitz, Sobibor, Maidanek, Treblinka, Birkenau, and what its consequences were for the Jewish community in Europe. This book is “must have” for any WW2 collector, and anyone concerned with the history of Judaism.
Where to order: International Postal History Library Betekomsesteenweg 14/00 B-3130 Begijnendijk Belgium 0032496026150, info@iphlpostalhistory.com, www.iphlpostalhistory.com.