Auschwitz Prisoner Letters
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized), Folder: 4
Identifier: GTM-20211119
The collection consists of seven letters written by political or criminal prisoners of the Nazi regime who resided in the Auschwitz camp system. The authors of these letter were prisoners who had the “privilege” of receiving and sending censored mail. Unlike the majority of the prisoners in the Auschwitz camp complex, these prisoners were allowed mail and food parcels. Since these letters were read and censored by the camp administration, the letters focus on such topics as weather, food rationing, and their work. Many of these letters are written during the height of the Nazi genocidal efforts.
The collection includes letters authored by the following individuals:
Jakub Borowicz
Bagustow Farabase [?]
Aleksy Farasow [?]
Audrey Forszteter
Theodor Kuhn
Kazimierz Kure [?]
Jan Krolikowski
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0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
German
Purchased from Max Rambod Rare Books with funds provided by the Yvette and David Diamond Fund, 2021.
The collection has been rehoused in an acid-free box and folder.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository