Auschwitz Prisoner

 

ALS from Marian Baran – Auschwitz Prisoner Correspondence




Date: November 7, 1943

Location: Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Nazi-occupied Poland

Medium: Autograph letter signed

Collection: Yavneh Klos Collection, Holocaust Archive

Prisoner Marian Baran writes from Auschwitz to her loved ones in Tarnów, Poland. Carefully worded under SS censorship, the letter asks for food parcels and sends affectionate messages. Despite the upbeat tone, the subtext reveals desperation and isolation. Nazi-mandated propaganda rules enforced these carefully staged letters to conceal the horrors of camp life.

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