Kumärkische Zellwolle und Zellulose Aktiongesellschaft was company factory, a Judenlager (Jewish work camp) that specialized in making rayon and cellulose. It was located in Wittenberge, Germany. This subcamp of Neuengamme opened in August 1942 and closed in February 1945.

This spectacular cover has a handstamped return address that includes the word Judenlager. It was canceled on August 12, 1942, in Wittenberge. A cancel reads “Wittenberge IBZ Potsdam, Sewing machine.” The card is addressed to Samuel Rosenthal’s in-laws who lived in Geneva, Switzerland. He is pleading with them to do something to get him out. Married before the war, he had been separated from his wife and child.

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