Номер объектаM2010/017:002
ОписаниеLetter hand-written in German from Czeslaw (or Czeslaus) Altmajer (a non-Jewish) political prisoner in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Written to his brother Stephan Altmajer in Zamosc district of Lublin, Poland. Letter written on special letter form with the camps letterhead and stamped. This letter is written from a concentration camp 20/7/1941, to his brother who is still in Zamosc, a camp in Poland where Nazi's tried to establish a new ghetto.
Czeslaw Altmajer was a Political Prisoner. He was born in July 1916 in Stawropol. Czeslaw was arrested by German authorities on 19 June 1940 in Lamosc, Lublin and held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was released on 2 May 1945.
Czeslaw Altmajer was a Political Prisoner. He was born in July 1916 in Stawropol. Czeslaw was arrested by German authorities on 19 June 1940 in Lamosc, Lublin and held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was released on 2 May 1945.
Дата 1941-07-20
Наименованиеletters
Материалpaper
Размерность
- length: 204.00 mm
width: 150.00 mm
Язык
- German From: Cenicky (?) 20/07 1941
To: Dear Brother. Have received the postal order of 18/06/1941 on 15/07, thank you for not forgetting me. Are you working at your old job? Do write how you are. Have we heard from our mother? Is the waiter from the Muehle ,…ava still interested in our family? Is Dzidek writing to you and how is he spending his time now (?). Do write to him and give him my address. Also write to me anything happening in our family? I am in good health and feel well. Best wishes to all, Cesicky (…?)
The letterhead:
Concentration camp Sachsenhausen
Oranienburg via Berlin
The day of release cannot be given yet. Visits to the camp are forbidden. Enquiries are pointless.
Extract from the camp regulations:
Every prisoner is allowed to receive and send two letters or postcards per month. Incoming letters must not contain more than 4 pages with 15 lines and have to be easily legible. Money orders are only permitted as postal orders, which have to state first and family name, date of birth, prisoner number, but not any messages. Money, photos and pictures are forbidden in letters. Items sent by mail which do not comply with the regulations will not be delivered. Not clearly written letters will be destroyed. Everything can be purchased in the camp. National –Socialist newspapers are permitted, but they have to be ordered by the prisoner himself in the concentration camp. The Camp Commandant.
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Czeslaw Altmajer