Letter From Early Prisoner at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a Prisoner on the First Transport

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.346

Object Name

Letter

Date

8-9-1942

Files

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Description

Front: Creases to fold into sixths; printed 'Konzentrationslager Auschwitz' at center left. Address written in pencil, red 'Deutsches Reich' postage stamp of Hitler. Reverse: pink 'Gepruft 4 K.L. Auschwitz' stamp on bottom.

Information from Michael D. Bulmash:

From an early prisoner on the first transport of prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp. His information states that he is a Polish prisoner, number 112, born in 1914. He is placed at this time in Block 13. This letter is censored.

Dimensions

6 1/2 x 6"

Keywords

Auschwitz Prisoner 562 Prisoner Number 562

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Letter From Early Prisoner at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a Prisoner on the First Transport" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.346.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/602