Letter from Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.327

Object Name

Letter

Date

8-26-1944

Files

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Description

Front: Tan paper with black type on top, 'Auszug aus der Lagervrdnung." Date is written on top in pencil (August 1944). Back: Split into two halves by a fold. One side has addressee written in pencil. Red Hitler stamp in top right corner. Other side has the prisoner's name, number and block written into blanks on dotted black lines, with some other writing in pencil.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: While female prisoners were common in the concentration camp system, Ravensbruck was Germany’s only concentration camp for women. Children were interned as well. It opened in 1939, and all occupied nations of Europe were represented there. Many were slave laborers for the Siemens factory, building parts for the V-2 rocket.

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 5 1/4"

Keywords

Ravensbrueck, Censored, Concentration Camp

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Ravensbrueck Concentration Camp" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.327.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/585