ABP Königsberg: Closures 1/0

ABP Munich: Machine Stamp 1/0 Italian POW mail from No.27 Camp (India) to Trieste. Featuring ABP Munich machine stamp (DPM1.1) and ABP Vienna machine stamp (GPM1.6). Ref: 21.10.1943 ABP Munich Machine Stamps (Maschinenprüfstempel) and variations HL:DPM1.1/137 - Six black horizontal lines (22mm top to bottom), ø29mm. Note: This is the only maschinenprüfstempel used by ABP Munich and is scarce. It was coloured either red or black. Ref: 21.10.1943 Similar but not the same. The eagles left wing tip not quite in the same position. However, the cover is from the same correspondent (India to Italy via German censors), and does have a ABP Vienna hand stamp (HL:GD1.3.4) and thereafter an ABP Munich machine stamp (HL:DPM1.1 in red). Requires further research. Ref: 16.12.1943

ABP Munich: Misc. 1/0

ABP Königsberg: Misc. 1/0

ABP Königsberg: Machine Stamp 1/0

ABP Königsberg: Hand Stamp 1/0 Postcard sent from Riga to an address in Hamburg. Featuring Königsberg ABP censor Prüfstempel 'Auslandsnachrichtenprüfstelle'(HLAP1.1/21) and 'Von der Wehrmacht zugelassen' (HLAPZ1.2). Ref: 23.11.1939 Links to - Hand Stamps - Machine Stamps - Pass-Through Stamps - Closures - Misc. ABP Königsberg Hand Stamps (Handprüfstempel) and variations HLAP1.1 - ø34mm - One of the first hand stamps used by the censorship authorities. Ref: 23.11.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

12th June 1942 POW Camps in East Africa 12.06.1942 Camp 366 reverse.jpeg 12.06.1942 Camp 366 reverse.jpeg 1/1 POW Mail sent from an Italian prisoner detained at British camp 366 at Longido (?), Tanzania (possibly written to reverse 'Sez.' - 'Section' D). There were five camps to 366, these were Jinga, Kampala, Soroti, Longido, and Tabora. If Jinga = 'A', then the assumption is made that 'D' = Longido. All this could be totally incorrect! Ref: 12.06.1942 POW Mail - Camps administered by the British in East Africa Camp 352 see 06.05.1943 Camp 356 see 16.07.1944 Camp 366 (main image) No.1-B, Nyeri, Kenya (Italian evacuees) - see 33/61 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th September 1939 Sign of the Times 17th September 1939 Sign of the Times 1/0 See 33/59 - September - The grave of German soldier Alfred Thoma - photograph Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

31st July 1943 Mentone 31st July 1943 Mentone 1/0 Mentone See 31.07.1943 - 33/60 During the Italian invasion of France, on 23rd June 1940, Italian forces occupied the city of Menton (Italian: Mentone), which is located 179 kilometers (111 miles) northeast of Marseille and 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of Turin. The city was the Fascist regime’s principal conquest in what was otherwise a highly in effective and expensive campaign. The French Army evacuated most of Mentone’s inhabitants shortly before the city changed hands. Renamed Mentone and annexed by Italy, the city became the focal point of the Fascist regime’s italianization policy in France. After the expanded occupation of southeastern France following the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) in November 1942, it served as the headquarters of the Italian Fourth Army. The Italian authorities established the judiciary prison of Mentone ( carcere giudiziare di Mentone ) in the city’s former town hall, known locally as Forty Barracks ( Caserne Forty ). During the roundup of foreigners (especially Allied nationals), regime opponents, and resisters, the Mentone prison served as a pretrial detention center. Those tried before the Fourth Army’s secret courts-martial at Breil-sur-Roya were held at Mentone. The prison also held common law prisoners (Italian and foreign). Some political prisoners in the occupied zone awaiting transfer to camps and prisons in Italy passed through the prison in Mentone because of its close proximity to the port. The Military Intelligence Service ( Servizio Informazioni Militare , SIM) ran the detention site, and the carabinieri served as guards. A French report submitted to the International Tracing Service (ITS) complained that prisoners received only 200 grams (just over 7 ounces) of cornbread per day and a thin rice soup. Health care was inadequate, with one prisoner, Marcel P., not receiving any treatment for chronic medical conditions. Only the deposal of Benito Mussolini on 25th July 1943, brought some improvement in treatment. Common law and political prisoners of all backgrounds shared cells, called 'chambers' ( cameroni ), grouped by a dozen prisoners at a time. For those not held in solitary confinement, once-daily exercise breaks—a 10-minute walk in the courtyard—took place chamber by chamber. Prisoners were accorded the privilege of writing letters and receiving parcels, but because of the city’s annexation by Italy, they had to pay 'international' postage when corresponding with relatives in France. According to Daniel Fauquier, a prisoner held in connection with resistance activities between May and July 1943, the Italian authorities conducted interrogations inside the prison. Apart from local lore, Mentone did not garner the loathsome reputation as a torture site as did Lynwood Villa. The Italian authorities abandoned the prison in Mentone at the time of the Armistice on 8th September 1943. The prison continued to serve briefly as a detention site under the German occupation. Source: muse.jhu.edu/document/4006 (2026) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

28th May 1941 Stalag V-C Offenberg Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Stalag V-C See 33/59 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Stalags 39 - 398 25.04.1944 Stalag 352 reverse.jpeg 25.04.1944 Stalag 352 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Kriegsgefangenenpost letter-sheet sent from an Italian POW at Stalag 352 at Minsk. Ref: 25.04.1944 List of camps, numbers 39 - 398 with links (in bold) Camp location, nationalities and population taken from 'Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-1945' by Gianfranco Mattiello (2003) 39 Rosenthal-BruxI 56 Prostken 101 France 102 France 121 Germany 122 Chaumont 122 Dijon 122 Compiégne 123 Langres 124 ? 125 France 133 Chartres-Morancez 134 St. Brieuc 135 France 136 ? 137 France 140 Belfort 141 Vessoul 202 France 202 Serbia 202 Rumania 210S traßburg 211 Forbach 212 Metz 213 Mülhausen 220 France 221 Rennes 221 Saint-Ménard-en-Jalles 222 Bayonne-Anglet 237 Deblin 237 Petrikau 244 Krems Gneixendorf 301 Stablac 301 Schieratz 301 Lubin 301 Kowel 301 Schepetowka 301/Z Slavuta 301/Z Saslaw 302 Arnswalde (Also note connections to Stalag II-E, II-G, II-H, Oflag II-D, 323 (and Frontstalag 302) 303 Lillehammer 304 Belgium 304 Triest 305 Ludwigsburg 305 Poland 305 Kirowograd 305/Z Nowoukrainka 305/Z Perwomuisk 306 Marburg 307 Bala Podlaska 307 Dembim 307/Z Zajerzierce 308 Sumy 308 Bathorn 309 Finaland 309 Lakselv 309 Mühlhausen 310 Konotop 310 Wietzendorf 311 Bergen-Belsen 312 ? 313 Hammerstein/Schlochau 313 Witesbsk 314 Épinal 315 Przemysl 315 Ludwigsburg 315/Z Giromagny 316 Siedlce 316 Wolkowysk 316 Bialystok 316/Z Losona 316/Z Grodno 316/Z Zambrow 317 Markt Pongau 318 Lamsdorf 319 Cholm 319 Skierniewice 319/Z Zamosc 320 Luga 321 Oerbke 322 Elvenes 323 Chyrow 323 Tarnopol 324 Ostrow-Masowieka 324 Losona 324/Z Grodno 325 Zamosc ? 325 Rawa Ruska - see 29.05.1943 325 Lwow (Lemberg) ? 325 Stryi ? (GT 07.07.1943) 325 Szebnie ? 325/Z Drogobytsch ? 325/Z Olchowce ? 326 Senne/Forellkrug 327 Jaroslaw 327 Szebnie 327 Przemysl 327 Spittal 327/Z Olchowce 327/Z Piculice 327/Z Nehrybka 327/Z Wolka Radunska 328 Lwow (Lemberg) 328 Stryi 328 Drogobytsch 328/Z Tarnopol 329 Zeithain 329 Schmierinka 329 Winniza 329/Z Gaissin 330 Alta 330 Narvik 331 Fischborn-Turosel 331 Heydekrug 332 Fellin 333 Ostrow-Komorowo 333 Beniaminow 334 Belaja Zerkow 335 Stryi 335 Drogobytsch 336 Insterburg 336 Kowno (Kauen) 336 Siedlce 336 Wilna 336/Z Schaulen 337 Baranowitsche 337 Mantua 338 Kriwoj Rog 339 Kiew Darniza 339 Berditschew 339 Triest 339 Mantua 339 Krementschug 340 Dünaburg 340 Wilna 341 Mogilew 342 Molodetschno 343 Alytus (Olita) 343 Bobruisk 344 Wilna (Sept.1941 - Sept.1943) 344 Lamsdorf (Sept.1943 - 1945) 345 Bobrinskaja 345 Agram 346 Krementschug 346 Starokonstantinow 346 Dnjepropetrowsk 347 Rositten 348 Dnjepropetrowsk 348 Gaissin 348/Z Pawlograd 348/Z Saporoschje 349 Uman 350 Riga 350/Z Mitau 350/Z Salispils 351 Leobschütz 351 Barkenbrügge 351 Walk 352 Minsk 353 Orscha 354 Barawucha (Baravuha) 355 Proskurow 355 Düren 355 Oerbke 356 Lwow (Lemberg) 356 Compiègne 356 Oerbke 356/Z Rouen 357 Neusiedl 357 Schepetowka 357 Poltawa 357 Slawuta 357 Thorn 357/Z Ranod 358 N Berditschew 359 Sandomierz 360 Rowne, Rowno 360 Zytyn, Rowno 357 Oerbke 358 Schitomir 360/Z Sololbinowo 360/Z Dubno 360/Z Luck 361 Schaulen 362 Sluzk 363 Krementschug 363 Plauen 363 Charkow 363 Rzeszow (Reichshoff) 364 Nikolajew 364 Rzeszow (Reichshoff) 365 Wlodzimier Wolynski 365 Novane 365/Z Luck 366 Siekluki Poludniowe 366 Siedlce 366 Lubin 366/Z Suchozebry 366/Z Biala Podlaska 367 Tschenstochau (???? - Aug.1944) 368 Beniaminow 369 Kobierzyn 370 Cherson 370 Rzeszow (Reichshoff) 370 Simferopol 371 Zweiglager Stryj 371 Stanislau 372 Pleskau 373 Bobruisk 373 Prostken 373 Thure 375 ? 376 ? 377 ? 378 Kalinowka 380 Skarzysko Kamienna 380 Oppdal 380 Dombas 380/Z Drevja 380/Z Mirvan 381 (XXIB) Taps 381/Z Reval 382 Borrisow 383 Hohenfels 384 ? 385 Strasbourg 385 Bogen 387 Russia 388 Hadamar 388 Chorol 391 (ID) Hohensalza-Montwy 391 Denmark 397 Petrikau 397 Charkow 397 Saporoshje 397 Orel 398 Pupping (former XVIIIB) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

29th May 1943 Eilauftrag zur Prüfung... 29th May 1943 Eilauftrag zur Prüfung... 1/2 Also see 16.05.1944 - 33/57 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page