Correspondence from German concentration camps and prisons, 1936-1945.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMaster University.

McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Series:

Archives unbound

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nazi concentration camps--Germany--History--20th century.

Nazi concentration camps.

Nazi concentration camp inmates--Germany--History--20th century.

Nazi concentration camp inmates.

History.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5,747 images).

Other Title:

Part of: Unbound Archives.

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2010.

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

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].

Notes:

Date range of documents: 1936-1945.

Reproduction of the originals from the McMaster University collections.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

OCLC:

720277440

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.