postcard, From: Fanta, Ida To: Rejchl, Marta in Koniggratz (Czechoslovakia) - Auschwitz 8 January 1944
Letter
Source
postcard
Relation
Individual Camps
Creator
Fanta, Ida
Sender
Fanta, Ida
Recipient
Rejchl, Marta in Koniggratz (Czechoslovakia)
Date
8 January 1944
Postmark
6-?-44
Special Codes
PoD. October 1943- June 1944. Rarity 7
Censor
None
Special Labels
Special Cachet: Sc22b
Language
ger
Notes
Card from the famous Briefaktion described by Lajournade. Le courrier dans les camps de concentration. Système et rôle politique. p. 129-139 and by Lordahl. v.2 part 1 p. 42-43. These Jewish prisoners were ordered to write a card to friends or family to prove they were alive and then most of them were executed.
Prison & Prisoner
Concentration Camp
Auschwitz
Sub Camp
Birkenau
Coverage
Poland
Prisoner Name
Fanta, Ida
Biographical Note
Ida FANTA : Born on 18-5-1881
Series & Subject
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration Camps - Correspondence
Sub-series
Letters from Auschwitz
Technical
Rights
Rights: Copyright: The creator of the document, or his or her Estate. McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Contributer
McMaster University Libraries
Publisher
McMaster University
Date Digitized
July 4, 2008
Format
jpg
Type
image
Identifier
WWIICCC-0068