Kurt Kastan correspondence
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Kurt Kastan
Biographical History
Kurt Kastan (1897-1942) was born and lived in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) with his wife Rosa (Rosel) and their two daughters. He was arrested during the Holocaust, imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps, and is believed to have died in Ravensbrück in April 1942.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hannah Kastan Weiss
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Hannah Kastan Weiss, Kurt Kastan's niece.
Scope and Content
Letters written on concentration camp form stationary from Kurt Kastan to his wife Rosa (Rosel) and their daughters in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). The letters are primarily written from the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps, between February 1941 and February 1942.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Wrocław (Poland)
- Concentration camp inmates--Correspondence.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.