Guide to the Concentration Camp Letters and Postcards , SC 00933

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Concentration Camp Letters and Postcards, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in April 2012 by Ute Schechter, SCRC staff.

Scope and Contents

Acc.. 2012.105 includes letters and postcards, 1941-1944, by prisoners from Auschwitz to their families.

Acc. 2012.107 includes envelopes and letters, 1942-1944, sent by concentration camp prisoners from Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Ravensbrueck, Dachau, Gusen and Auschwitz

Stationary was provided by the camps and incudes rules of communication and also states for example that visits and packages were prohibited. The correspondence was strictly censored and excludes criticism or realistic descriptions of the conditions in the camps.

Container List

Mixed Materials Small Collections Box 57 folder: 1 id149073

Letters and Postcards

1941-1944

Scope and Contents

Acc.. 2012.105 includes letters and postcards, 1941-1944, by prisoners from Auschwitz to their families. Stationary was provided by the camps and incudes rules of communication and also states for example that visits and packages were prohibited. The correspondence was strictly censored and excludes criticism or realistic descriptions of the conditions in the camps.

Acc. 2012.107 includes envelopes and letters sent by concentration camp prisoners from Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Ravensbrueck, Dachau, Gusen and Auschwitz