Object ID
2014.1.329ab
Object Name
Correspondence
Date
9-26-1941
Files
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Description
Envelope: green, split into three parts. Left side has a block of black, printed German text with the title "Konzentrationslager Mauthausen." In the middle is a horizontal section with the prisoner's name, the date and their block and number. The right section has the address written on printed, black, dotted lines. Letter: Tan paper, 'Konzentrationslager Mauthausen' printed in top left. Next to that are fill in the blanks for the prisoner's name, date, block and number. Interior: Ink writing on printed lines for a page and a half. Red line over bottom half page that is not written on. Back: Diagonal red pencil line dashed across the blank lines. There is a purple stamp at the bottom with a red scribble on it.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Lettersheet, censored, from inmate at Konzentrazionslager (concentration camp) Mauthausen (KLM/KZ) on official stationery cover giving the camp rules along with the inmate's message.
Dimensions
envelope: 4 1/2 x 6"; letter: 8 1/4 x 5 3/4"
Keywords
Mauthausen, Concetration Camp, Prisoner, Censor
Subcollection
Concentration
Recommended Citation
"Correspondence from Prisoner at KZ Mauthausen Concentration Camp" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.329ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/587