Telegram from Auschwitz

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.347&348

Object Name

Telegram with Envelope

Files

Content Warning

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Description

Telegram: 'Deutsche Post Osten' printed at top center. Envelope: 'Telegramm' printed above gold rectangle with black outline. Back: 'Inliegend Telegramm!' at top center.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Telegram from commandant reporting death of inmate.

Dimensions

envelope: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2" ; letter: 6 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Auschwitz Reich seal

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Telegram from Auschwitz" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.347&348.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/603