Letter

itemJuly 11, 1943

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: July 11, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
Level: item
Extent: Letter : Paper : ink : beige, blue ; Ht: 7,25 in. x W: 5,75 in.
Scope & content: Double-sided letter written by Paula to her husband Willy on his birthday, 11 July 1943 noting that she has nowhere to address the letter consequently it was never mailed. 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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Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
In the picture: Arrest Calligraphy Document Family Handwritten Jewish Community Letter Notebook Signature WarTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Text in the image: Du lieber Willy, zum 11. 7. 43Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: German
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