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Rudolf Heilborn postcards from Buchenwald

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0004 DUP | RG Number: RG-04.041

Contains two postcards written by Rudolf Heilborn from Buchenwald to Ruth Heilborn in Gleiwitz, Germany, in November and December of 1938. Rudolf Heilborn was among the Jews of Gleiwitz who were arrested by the Gestapo during Kristallnacht then deported to Buchenwald.

Date
1938
Language
German
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It appears these original postcards were made specifically for Buchenwald by an unidentified manufacture. Rudolf Heilborn, an inmate of the concentration camp, mailed these postcards in 1938 from Buchenwald to his wife, Ruth Heilborn, who resided in Gleiwitz, Germany.

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