Concentration camp correspondence from various prisoners

Identifier
WL1856
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1 folder

Archival History

Acquired at Mullock's Auction House by depositor in June 2012

Acquisition

Donated by David Lewis

Scope and Content

This collection mainly contains correspondence relating to Jewish inmates of concentration camps in Nazi Germany, such as a letter sent by Boleslaus Deja from Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp (1940); censored postcard sent by Emil Gans from Lodz (Litzmannstadt) ghetto (1941); postcard sent by Bernhard Steckowski from Buchenwald concentration camp (1942) and his receipts of postings of money ('Einlieferungsschein') received at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg (July 1940), Dachau (October 1940) and Buchenwald (September 1941) concentration camps; and letter from Konstanya Nowakowska at Ravensbruck concentration camp (1944).

Also included is a letter addressed to Moses Birnbaum in Berlin regarding his request for postponement of his family's deportation (1943); work book for foreign nationals ('Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer') of Kasimir Radzullys from Lithuania; and Magda Ebenholz's company identification card ('Werkausweis') who was working as office clerk for Franz Glinicke Sohn & Co GmbH at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp.

System of Arrangement

Chronological

Conditions Governing Access

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People

  • Birnbaum - Moses
  • Nowakowska - Konstanya
  • Steckowski - Bernhard - b 1891
  • Radzullys - Kasimir - b 1900
  • Deja - Boleslaus
  • Gans - Emil
  • Ebenholz - Magda - b 1925

Corporate Bodies

  • Ravensbruck concentration camp
  • Buchenwald concentration camp
  • Dachau concentration camp
  • Litzmannstadt ghetto
  • Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg concentration camp

Subjects

  • Migrant workers
  • Foreigners
  • Concentration camps
  • Persecution
  • Jewish
  • Holocaust
  • Nazism
  • Jews

Places

  • Ravensbruck - Brandenburg - Germany
  • Ettersberg - Thuringia - Germany
  • Dachau - Bavaria - Germany
  • Lodz - Poland
  • Oranienburg - Brandenburg - Germany
  • Berlin - Germany
  • Fürstenwalde - Brandenburg - Germany
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