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Letter On Dachau Inmate Stationery Oct 1943

Letter On Dachau Inmate Stationery

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Letter written in black ink on Dachau lined stationery. Includes two messages from different dates.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Translation of two messages written on different dates:

10 October 1943 Dear Jadcia: I beg your pardon for not writing to you sooner. I did not forget you. Because of your coming birthday I am sending you my best wishes, I believe that the love in my heart to my people is more important than writing and wish for you that all of your wishes come true. With hearty greetings to your parents to you and ? W. Rabikowski …


Letter On Dachau Inmate Stationery Aug 1943

Letter On Dachau Inmate Stationery

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Letter written in black ink on lined Dachau stationery. Addressed to Maria Radzikowska from Richard Radzikowski.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Translation: Dearest Marynienke: I am dedicated this letter to your name day. It will no doubt get there too early but I want the letter to be there on the day. I wrote to you last year for your name day. I am not an optimist but am hopeful that my letter will reach you in time. I wish I could see your happy eyes and could kiss you. I am sorry to say that distance between us …


Letter From Dachau Prisoner Apr 1943

Letter From Dachau Prisoner

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Tan Dachau stationery. Includes printed text with letter-writing rules, as well as printed lines for the letter. The letter is written in green ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Letter on Dachau concentration camp stationery signed, "Your father Vlacek." This letter has markings showing censorship by the central mail office in Dachau and has a city postmark of April 14, 1943. As was typical, the inmate stationery bears printed warnings. It is stamped with a red German 12 pfennig stamp bearing the likeness of Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler -- the kind of stamp the rules allowed relatives to send …


Dachau Concentration Camp Waffen Ss Unterscharfuehrer Envelope Feb 1943

Dachau Concentration Camp Waffen Ss Unterscharfuehrer Envelope

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: 'SS-Feldpost' handstamp at top center; 'Dachau 3' ciruclar handstamp on right; Handwritten address. Back: Handwritten return address

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Feldpost Cover from SS Soldier working at the Dachau concentration camp, with Kommando Dachau sender line on the back, Waffen SS Verwaltung (Administration) Konzentrationslager Dachau cachet on the front, and Dachau 3 double-circle cancel.