Zenon Nowak letter

Identifier
irn163956
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.354.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn163956

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Zenon Nowak

Biographical History

Zenon Nowak was born on 16 December 1922 in Ruda Pabianicka, Poland, a suburb of Łódź. Records from the Dachau concentration camp show that he was brought to the camp by train on 26 May 1940 as a Polish prisoner ("Schutzhaftling"). Records indicate he may have been liberated from that camp, but are inconclusive.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Catherine Hamilton

Catherine Hamilton donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of one letter, dated November 10, 1941, written by Zenon Nowak to his mother, Anastasia Nowak, and sister, who were living near Litzmannstadt (Łódź). The letter was handwritten on Dachau concentration camp stationery, and both the letter and envelope bear Nowak's prisoner number, 12183.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Dachau--Correspondence.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.