Envelope from Concentration Camp Survivor to Nuremberg Tribunal

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.31

Object Name

Envelope

Date

11-22-1945

Files

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Description

Red handwritten envelope with many stamps and a red “x” crossing over the cover

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Rare registered cover sent from the hospital of the St. Ottilien displaced persons’ camp, in all probability from a concentration camp survivor, to the International Tribunal in Nuremberg. From cancels on the cover, the enclosed letter was sent to Nuremberg on Nov. 21, 1945, and received at the Nuremberg Court or International Tribunal the next day. Letters from concentration camp survivors typically contained personal experiences of Nazi atrocities which were utilized in the prosecution of Nazi officials for war crimes.

Dimensions

7 x 4 3/4"

Keywords

International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Displaced Persons Camp, St. Ottilien

Subcollection

Post

Recommended Citation

"Envelope from Concentration Camp Survivor to Nuremberg Tribunal" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.31.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1733