Letter

itemApril 6, 1943

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Letter — **Montreal Holocaust Museum** · small copy hosted here: www.cjhn.ca blocks its images on other sites · full-size image ↗ · view and cite at source ↗

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: April 6, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
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Extent: Letter : Paper : ink : beige, black ; Ht: 8,25 in. x W: 6 in.
Scope & content: Double-sided letter sent from Willy Deutz to his wife while he was interned in the Darmstadt State Police jail. Narrative: Willie Deutz, a German Jew from Frankfurt was married in 1929 to a German gentile woman named Paula. They had met as Paula worked as a servant for Willie’s parents. Willie was arrested in 1943 and sent to a prison in Darmstadt (Germany). Willie was killed on August 25, 1943 in Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland). Paula received a death notice from the camp commandant, pretending her husband had succumbed to an infection and she could retrieve his ashes if she desired to do so.
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Format: Document
In the picture: Document Government Handwritten Jewish Community Letter Letterhead Military Police Postmark Seal Signature Stamp WarTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Text in the image: Gelesen: *)Staatspolizeigefängnis Darmstadt.Absender:Darmstadt, denHeute 6. 4.6. 4. 19431. Allgemeine Bestimmungen:Beim Schreiben sind die vorgedruckten Linien einzuhalten.2. Briefschreiben:3. Besuchsrecht:Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: German
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