בידספיריט | Holocaust / Camp mail: 4-9-1941

Holocaust / Camp mail: 4-9-1941 AUSCHWITZ stationary envelope (Simon T.2) from male inmate to wife(?) in K�NIGSH�TTE (Germany), franked 12pf single frank tied by AUSCHWITZ (OBERSCHLES) 2 pmk and marked by the Camp's postal representative with red boxed cachet; cut open at top. The camp (Auschwitz I) was originally established in May 1940 to house Polish political prisoners and began exterminating inmates in September 1941 ; construction on Auschwitz II-Birkenau began in October 1941 to ease congestion at the main camp.