Kazimierz Smoleń letters
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
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1941 January 12
- Genre/Form
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Letters.
Correspondence.
- Extent
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1 folder
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:16:59
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