Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Concentration Camp Letter

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.340

Object Name

Letter

Date

11-22-1942

Files

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Description

Front: Handwritten note in black ink, 'konzentrationslager sachsenhausen' printed in red at top left. Attached is a pink note titled "Lebensmittelpakete." Back: Handwritten address, red 'Deutsches Reich' Hitler at top right; 'L' ciruclar handstamp at bottom left.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Censored lettersheet from a prisoner named Horst Grimicke in the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Concentration camp near Berlin which was part of the larger Sachsenhausen concentration camp complex and slave labor camp complex. Postmarked December 6, 1942. Mailed to Rene Grimicke in Dresden. Pink insert about food packages sent to prisoners.

Dimensions

8 1/2 x 6"

Keywords

Oranienburg, Sachsenhausen, Dresden, Grimicke, Grinicke

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Concentration Camp Letter" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.340.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/597