Feliks Karczewski letter

Identifier
irn78824
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.292.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Feliks Karczewski was born on May 20, 1908 in Duisburg, Germany. He was arrested in Markstadt [now Gmina Mieścisko, Poland], on May 5, 1940 and imprisoned in Dachau on May 9, 1940. He was given prisoner number 9131.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carmen Alvarez

Carmen Alvarez donated this letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of a copy of letter written by Feliks Karczweski to his mother and to Pauline from the Dachau concentration camp on 1940 September 1. The letter, written on Dachau prisoner stationary, notes that Karczewski is well and asks about the whereabouts of family and friends. Includes an English translation.

People

Genre

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