Prossnitz-Winternitz postcards from Auschwitz

Identifier
irn503729
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0026
  • RG-04.035.01
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503729

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Lisl Bogart

Biographical History

Lisl Bogart (formerly Alice Winternitz) was a survivor of Theresienstadt.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Original postcards were written by Heinz Prossnitz (mentioned in Ruth Bondy, "Elder of the Jews," pp. 429-431), in Oct. and Dec. of 1943 to the donor, who was incarcerated at Terezin. The donor made photocopies of the postcards and sent them to USHRIA in Jun. 1992. English translations also were provided by the donor.

Scope and Content

Photocopies of two postcards with, both sent by Heinz Prossnitz to Alice Winternitz. The first, dated 12 October 1943 relates to the arrival of the "Masaryk transport" in Auschwitz; the second, dated 31 December 1943, contains little substantive information, but it was censored by the Nazis at Terezin (Theresienstadt).

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is chronological

People

  • Winternitz, Alice.
  • Bogart, Lisl (Winternitz, Alice)
  • Prossnitz, Heinz.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
  • Postcards.
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