Ravensbrück

 

ALS from Ravensbrück: Madeleine Dinu to Her Family


 



Date: June 8, 1943

Location: Ravensbrück Women’s Concentration Camp, Germany

Medium: Autograph letter signed (ALS) with original envelope, postage, and censor stamp

Collection: Yavneh Klos Collection, Holocaust Archive 

This rare letter was handwritten by Madeleine “Mado” Dinu, Prisoner No. 7182, from Block 11 of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Addressed to Dina and Julia Matty in Switzerland, it reflects the human resilience behind barbed wire. Carefully composed to conform with Nazi censorship regulations, Dinu expresses love, hope, and gratitude despite her captivity, asking only for dry goods like bread or zwieback—never forbidden items. The official stamp, Adolf Hitler postage, and camp regulations frame this document as both a personal relic and a chilling artifact of state control.

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