Overview
- Description
- Consists of one letter, written by Polish prisoner Kasimir Knapczyk on February 9, 1941, while he was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp. In the letter, written on camp stationery, he thanks his family for their letter and asks for more news. Mr. Knapcyzk, who had prisoner number 709, perished in Auschwitz on August 8, 1941.
- Date
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issue:
1941 February 09
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Heck
Physical Details
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Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camps--Poland--Oświęcim.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- David Heck donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 11, 2008. He purchased the document in order to donate it to the Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:44:35
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