I have an innocuous photo of my great-grandmother standing in her garden in the US. I'm sure it was taken during WWII. The back is stamped "Velox" and "PASSED BY CENSOR" and "DEUR DIE SENSOR -----EKEUR". Can't quite read the first five letters of that last word.
My question is, who censored the photo and why? Were their censors in the US photo labs checking pictures? Was it passed by a US censor so that someone could send it to a relative in Germany? Or...???
Thanks for your help!
"DEUR DIE SENSOR -----EKEUR". Can't quite read the first five letters of that last word
The first five letters are most likely "GOEDG". 'Goedgekeurd' means 'approved'. The text is in a variant of Dutch, most likely Afrikaans (as spoken in South Africa), though I'm not 100% sure on that. The word-by-word translation is "by the censor approved".
I can't give a sufficient in-depth answer to your other questions, sorry, but the above information might help you and/or someone who can answer your question.