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Date(s)
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1939-1945 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
90 cm (1,963 items)
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Custodial history
Scope and content
Collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear.
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Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Most of the collection was acquired from Michel Brisebois in 2008 (accessions 20-2008, 25-2008 and 39-2008); a small part was acquired from Mr. Brisebois in 2007. Mr. Brisebois assembled the collection from various sources over a period of many years.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into eight series:
- Concentration Camps Correspondence
- Additional Concentration Camps Documents
- Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
- Gestapo Prisons Correspondence
- POW (Prisoner of War) Correspondence
- Receipts for Parcels, Money Orders and Personal Effects
- Paper Currency
- Realia
Language of material
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Availability of other formats
Parts of the collection are also available online in McMaster's Digital Collections and to institutions with subscriptions to Gale Learning's Archives Unbound database.
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Series 1 - Concentration Camps Correspondence
Series 2 - Additional Concentration Camps Documents
Series 3 - Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
Series 4 - Gestapo Prisons Correspondence
Series 5 - POW (Prisoner of War) Correspondence
Series 6 - Receipts for Parcels, Money Orders and Personal Effects
Series 7 - Paper Currency
Series 8 - Realia
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
