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Preferred Citation:

Letters and Postcards of Concentration Camp Detainees at Auschwitz, Dachau, and Gusen, 1940-1945, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Content Description

Ten letters and seven postcards, 1940-1945 from concentration camp prisoners in Germany. Letters contain the name of the detainee, date of birth, and prisoner number. The majority of the letters were written on official camp stationary which contained the rules and warnings (in German) of what was allowed to be included in correspondence addressed to the detainees.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
• Concentration camp inmates
• Dachau (Concentration camp)
• Gusen (Concentration camp)
• Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
• World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities