letter, From: Hrsel, Emil To: Unknown - Buchenwald 7 November 1943
Letter
Source
letter
Relation
Concentration Camps Correspondence
Creator
Hrsel, Emil
Sender
Hrsel, Emil
Recipient
Unknown
Date
7 November 1943
Special Codes
S7bxy
Censor
C2a/2
Language
ger
Notes
- Hrsel was a member of the camp underground resistance movement
- A testimony from Dr. Jan Cespiva directly concerns this inmate. It was published in Prague in 1964 and later quoted in Christian Bernadac La Libération des camps racontée par ceux qui l’ont vécue (Paris, France-Empire, 2005) p. 185-186. - Explaining the workings of the sabotage rings in the subcamp of Dora. [translation from French: In addition, our group had the task of maintaining a liaison with Buchenwald. I had a reliable man in Buchenwald, comrade Emil Hrsel; he also owned a Précis de médecine pratique which contained a code. I would attach messages to the left forearm of bodies with a paper band (the crematorium at Dora having been finished only at the end of 1944, transports were being sent to Buchenwald). The antifascist inmates working at the crematorium in Buchenwald were told to inform Emil Hrsel immediately whenever a body arrived who wore a bandage on his left forearm. Immediately Hrsel would take the information and transmit it to the international committee in Buchenwald]
- A testimony from Dr. Jan Cespiva directly concerns this inmate. It was published in Prague in 1964 and later quoted in Christian Bernadac La Libération des camps racontée par ceux qui l’ont vécue (Paris, France-Empire, 2005) p. 185-186. - Explaining the workings of the sabotage rings in the subcamp of Dora. [translation from French: In addition, our group had the task of maintaining a liaison with Buchenwald. I had a reliable man in Buchenwald, comrade Emil Hrsel; he also owned a Précis de médecine pratique which contained a code. I would attach messages to the left forearm of bodies with a paper band (the crematorium at Dora having been finished only at the end of 1944, transports were being sent to Buchenwald). The antifascist inmates working at the crematorium in Buchenwald were told to inform Emil Hrsel immediately whenever a body arrived who wore a bandage on his left forearm. Immediately Hrsel would take the information and transmit it to the international committee in Buchenwald]
Prison & Prisoner
Concentration Camp
Buchenwald
Prison Block
20
Coverage
Germany
Prisoner Name
Hrsel, Emil
Prisoner Number
1456
Series & Subject
Subject
World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection
Sub-series
Letters from Buchenwald
Technical
Rights
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Contributer
McMaster University Libraries
Publisher
McMaster University
Date Digitized
April 29, 2009
Format
jpg
Type
image
Identifier
WWIICCC-0549
Concentration Camp
Buchenwald
Prisoner Name
Hrsel, Emil
Sender
Hrsel, Emil
Recipient Name
Unknown
Prison Block
20
Prisoner Number
1456
Censor
C2a/2
Material Type
letter
Special Codes
S7bxy
Sub Series
Letters from Buchenwald