- Summary
- This collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but it also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear. Adolf Hitler established the first concentration camp soon after he came to power in 1933. Prisoners at Nazi concentration camps in German territory were allowed to send and receive mail on a very limited basis. Letters written to and by Nazi concentration camp prisoners were subject to the scrutiny of regulations.
- Variant Title
- Correspondence from German concentration camps and prisons, 1936-1945 <Apr. 19, 2012>
- Former Title
- Correspondence from German concentration camps and prisons, 1936-1945 <Apr. 19, 2012>
- Series
- Archives unbound
Archives unbound.
Gale databases.
- Format
- Online resource
- Published
- [Farmington Hills] : Gale CENGAGE Learning
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Concentration camps correspondence, 1936-1945
The internment and transit camps correspondence, 1940-1944
The Gestapo prisons correspondents, 1942-1943
Prisoner of war (POW) correspondence, 1940-1945
Receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects, 1940-[ca. 1945]
Paper currency, 1940-1945
Realia, [ca. 1939-1945].
- Other Authors/Editors
- McMaster University.
- Description
- Began in 2010?
- Notes
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Date range of documents: 1936-1945.
Reproduction of the originals from the McMaster University collections.
Concentration camps correspondence, 1936-1945 -- The internment and transit camps correspondence, 1940-1944 -- The Gestapo prisons correspondents, 1942-1943 -- Prisoner of war (POW) correspondence, 1940-1945 -- Receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects, 1940-[ca. 1945] -- Paper currency, 1940-1945 -- Realia, [ca. 1939-1945].
Description based on version viewed Aug. 11, 2015; title from search screen.
