Box GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized)
Container
Contains 21 Results:
Auschwitz Prisoner Letters
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized), Folder: 4
Identifier: GTM-20211119
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1943 - 1944