Bohemia and Moravia - Covers

I was talking to a man from Czechia today and I showed him this cover and we did a bit of a deep dive on it.  

Arnold Kraus was born in 1873 the son of a weaver of fine cloths Josef Kraus.
In 1895 he built a new mill in Velke Porici.  

Arnold's mill in Velke Porici.


Arnold was, it seems, successful in his mill work.  He ended up building a nice home for his family.


In the intervening years he sold damask and other fine cloth all over Europe.

During the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia in WWII he was kicked out of his house and was eventually forced to move into the Terezin ghetto (Theresienstadt).  Arnold was in poor health and due to the poor conditions and lack of medical treatment he passed away there in September of 1943.  His surviving wife was eventually transferred to Auschwitz and there perished.  He had managed to get his children to the USA prior to the occupation.

His house still stands today and serves as a kindergarten.