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1944 (30 Nov) Third Reich, Germany, Censored Folded Letter from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp to Prague, Censorship Postmark, More Details in Description

Germany / WWII Occupations (1939-1945)

Complete prisoner's letter sent from the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp system during World War II
The Envelope is postmarked in Oranienburg (the main camp location) on November 30, 1944. It is franked with a red 12-pfennig Adolf Hitler stamp and addressed to Wladimir Justic in Prague-XII. It bears the violet censorship stamp of the Postzensurstelle K / K.L. Sachsenhausen and a green "11b" stamp indicating the camp block.
The Backside identifies the writer as Dr. Julius Justitz, officially categorized as a Schutzhäftling ("protective custody prisoner"). It lists his birth date (January 6, 1905), prisoner number (35,558), and location as (2) Berlin-Sachsenhausen, Block 36b.
The Letter Body (Dated November 19/XI 1944): Written under strict camp regulations (limited to 4 pages/15 lines every two months). In the text, Julius thanks his family for receiving packages and asks for winter clothing (winter underwear, sweaters, warm socks, gloves). Most importantly, he instructs them to send future parcel deliveries to his new subcamp address: "8 Schwarzheide Post Ruhland N.L.", while keeping the main Sachsenhausen address for letters.

Historical records from victim databases (including Holocaust.cz) reconstruct a tragic timeline following the timeline of these letters:
Born on February 6, 1905, in Bílkovice, Julius was a physician living in Prague-XII (Soběslavská 1) before the German occupation.
On December 4, 1941, he was deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt Ghetto with Transport J (Prisoner No. 684).
On May 18, 1944, he was transferred to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp via Transport Eb (Prisoner No. 476).
Forced Labor in Schwarzheide: In the summer of 1944, he was selected for forced labor and transferred to the Schwarzheide subcamp (under the administration of Sachsenhausen). Prisoner here were subjected to brutal conditions, clearing rubble and rebuilding the BRABAG plant to produce synthetic fuel.
Julius wrote the surviving letter in mid-November 1944, desperately asking for winter gear. He did not survive the harsh winter; records confirm he perished at the Schwarzheide camp on December 30, 1944, just weeks after writing the letter.

 

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