Letter from Prisoner 562 at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.343ab

Object Name

Correspondence

Date

12-1-1940

Files

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Description

Envelope: front has three sections; left has printed information under the title 'Konzentrationslager Auschwitz'; middle contains senders information; right is handwritten address. Letter: Has been folded into fourths to fit in envelope; 'Konzentrationslager Auschwitz' is again printed in top. Handwritten message and red rectangular handstamp on bottom left with penciled in 'M'.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: From a person on the first transport of prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp. This letter was sent two months after arriving at Auschwitz.

Dimensions

envelope:4 x 6" ; letter:8 1/4 x 11 3/4"

Keywords

Auschwitz, Prisoner, 562

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Prisoner 562 at Auschwitz Concentration Camp" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.343ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/600