[Below: This P.O.W. letter was sent from Stalag XVII B. It was postmarked on January 11, 1943 from Dolovo, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was sent from Oflag XIII B (an Oflag is a camp for officers, Oflag being short from Offizierlager). It was postmarked on January 22, 1943 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It was postmarked on July 5, 1943 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It was postmarked on September 24, 1943 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It was postmarked on March 13, 1944 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It is marked December 26, 1943 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It was postmarked on June 3, 1942 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It is marked on February 29, 1944 (leap year!) from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was also sent from Oflag XIII B. It is marked on April 5, 1944 from Smederevska Palanka, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was sent from Stalag VI C. It is postmarked on July 9, 1942 from Germany and written by a Croatian. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This P.O.W. letter was sent frmom Stalag VIII C. It was postmarked on September 29, 1942 from Zemun, Serbia. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This envelope, postmarked on February 11, 1941, is from 'Base Principale Aeronautique de Bizerte-Carouba' (Bizerte-Carouba Main Aeronautical Base) and was sent to the Swiss Red Cross. Karouba Naval Aeronautics Base was a French naval aeronautics facility located in Bizerte, Tunisia. It was used during World War II by the United States during the North African Campaign and was designated as Bizerte Airfield, hosting B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This camp-made postcard is from Oflag VII B. The Germans must have made this to trick people into thinking they let the inmates make it. At least, that's what they'll tell us. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from the Swiss Red Cross on December 17, 1941 to Madrid, Spain, with Spanish censor tape. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This is from French Algeria and was sent to the Swiss Red Cross. It was postmarked on February 4, 1943 and has Allied censor tape. Note that Marshal Philippe Pétain is on the postage stamp. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: A rare diagonal bisect (stamp cut in half) from April 25, 1943. This is usually done when the post office is low on stamps and is widely collected. It features Marshal Philippe Pétain on the postage stamp. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Since we're on the subject of French bisects, here is another rare bisect from January 6, 1942. It features Marshal Philippe Pétain on the postage stamp. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was postmarked on February 12, 1944 and sent to the Swiss Red Cross. It features Marshal Philippe Pétain on the postage stamp. On the reverse is German censor tape. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from Switzerland to New York, postmarked on January 30, 1940. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from a German P.O.W. from the Afrika Korps imprisoned in a British camp in Egypt. It is dated July 30, 1943. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from a Scottish P.O.W. interned in Italy and sent to New York. It's been censored by Italy and the USA. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from Oflag VII A on March 26, 1944 from a Polish P.O.W. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This postcard was canceled in the Pinneberg P.O.W. camp on August 11, 1947. This was an old Wehrmacht P.O.W. camp which the Allies turned into a P.O.W. camp/displaced person camp. The box stamp in the lower left hand corner says 'Fliegerhorst Uetersen' (Uetersen Air Base), Uetersen is also a town. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: '220 HQ CCG BAOR 6' refers to the Headquarters of the 220th unit of the Control Commission for Germany (CCG), which was part of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Close-up.]
[Below: This is from a P.O.W. camp in Yugoslavia, postmarked on May 27, 1948. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This is from a P.O.W. camp in Yugoslavia. May 27, 1948. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Imagine trying to read this?! Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This is sent from France and sent to the Red Cross, censored and postmarked in May 1945. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Another one from France and sent to the Red Cross, censored and postmarked in 1945. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Another one from France and sent to the Red Cross, but this one is sent to the Red Cross President, from the government of France, sometime after the war. The reverse is blank. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was sent from a German Afrika Korps P.O.W. in a British camp in Egypt. It is dated December 6, 1946. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was written on January 2, 1949. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was written on April 17, 1949. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was written on June 27, 1946. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This was written on August 2, 1946. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This is from a Hungarian P.O.W. in Russia. It was written on October 27, 1949. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: This is from a Hungarian P.O.W. in Russia. This is a double postcard for the addressee to send back. It was written on January 26, 1948. Click to enlarge.]
[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]
