Letter from Gestapo Prison in Gorlitz

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.77ab

Object Name

Letter

Date

1941

Files

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Description

Page: typed memo with typewritten information attached to letter. Letter Front: black printed text and postcard lines with typewritten and handwritten messages. Letter Back: continuation of handwritten message.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Allied officers connected with the famed "Great Escape" were interned here before 50 of them were murdered.

Dimensions

8 3/4 x 5 1/4"

Keywords

Gestapo, Prison, Gorlitz, Great Escape

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Gestapo Prison in Gorlitz" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.77ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/387