Buchenwald Death Notice

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.98

Object Name

Certificate, Death

Date

7-25-1944

Files

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Description

Tan paper with typewritten message in fading ink. Blue Buchenwald hand stamp in upper left corner. Black Kartei stamp in upper right. Black ink singnature in bottom middle.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Document signed by a concentration camp doctor ("Der Lager Arzt") at Buchenwald stating that the inmate, Otto Schnurpel, prisoner Nr. 24097, died "accidentally" on July 25, 1944. This date is five days after the July 20th attempt on Hitler's life.

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Schnurpel, Buchenwald, Stamp, Kartei, Der Lager Arzt, Prisoner, 24097

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Buchenwald Death Notice" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.98.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/329