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Kazimierz Smoleń letters

Document | Accession Number: 1991.151

Consists of censored letters written by Kazimierz Smoleń to his mother, Helene Smolen, from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Smoleń was one of the earliest Polish political prisoners to arrive at Auschwitz, where he was given prisoner number 1327; he was later a co-founder and director of the Auschwitz State Museum.

Date
1941 January 12
Genre/Form
Letters.
Correspondence.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

About This Document

Document Creator
Kazimierz Smoleń
Biography
Kazimierz Smoleń (1920-2012) was born on April 19, 1920 in Charzow, Poland. On April 15, 1940 he was arrested by the Gestapo. On July 6, 1940, he was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in one of the first transports of Polish political prisoners. Smoleń was assigned the number 1327 and worked in a construction work gang and later worked in the camp’s administration office. On January 18, 1945 he was sent on a death march to Loslau and the Ebensee concentration camp. He was liberated from the Ebensee concentration camp on May 6, 1945. He was one of the creators of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum which was established in 1947. He died on January 27, 2012 in Oswiecim, Poland.
System of Arrangement
The Kazimierz Smoleń letters are arranged in a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Kazimierz Smoleń donated the Kazimierz Smoleń letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:16:59
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