Kurt Kastan correspondence

Identifier
irn79194
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.142.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn79194

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Kurt Kastan

Biographical History

Kurt Kastan (1897-1942) was born and lived in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) with his wife Rosa (Rosel) and their two daughters. He was arrested during the Holocaust, imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps, and is believed to have died in Ravensbrück in April 1942.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hannah Kastan Weiss

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Hannah Kastan Weiss, Kurt Kastan's niece.

Scope and Content

Letters written on concentration camp form stationary from Kurt Kastan to his wife Rosa (Rosel) and their daughters in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). The letters are primarily written from the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps, between February 1941 and February 1942.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Wrocław (Poland)
  • Concentration camp inmates--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.