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A set of camp memorabilia of Father JAN KACZOR, a prisoner of the Bruczkow, Buchenwald and Dachau camps. Camp letters, eyeglasses, identity card with photo, photograph after the liberation of the camp, VERY RARE in such a set

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A set of camp "memorabilia" of Father JAN KACZOR, a prisoner of the Bruczki, Buchenwald and Dachau camps. The set includes: 16 camp letters from Dachau Concentration Camp, priest's glasses, identity card [Identity Card] with photo certifying his stay in Dachau Concentration Camp from 12.3.1940 to 29.4.1945 until the liberation of the camp by the Allied Forces, , a photograph after the liberation of the camp showing two camp prisoners showing one of the victims, VERY RARE IN THIS SET !

Jan KACZOR - priest of the Archdiocese of Poznań, camp number 21929, born 5.11.1911 Wittemberg (West Prignitz), vicar in Gostynin, arrested 12.3.1940, imprisoned in Bruczków from 16.8.1940 in Buchenwald, and from 8.12.1940 in Dachau until liberation on 29.4.1945, died May 2, 2002 [source: Jan Domagała "Ci, którzy przeszli przez Dachau", PAX Warsaw 1957, p. 129, item 570].

- identification card glued with tape on the spine, front loose, f. 9 x 13.5cm, p. 6, document with a photo of a priest, issued by the American authorities, confirming the priest's stay in prison and Nazi camps during the period 12.3.1940 - 29.4.1940, filled in by hand, legible, with a beautiful Polish eagle in art deco style on the face

- photograph of two camp inmates pointing to a murdered victim, f. 9.5 x 6.5cm, one corner broken, other corners rounded, otherwise good condition. Photograph - most likely - taken by American authorities after the liberation of the Dachau camp

- Camp letters on camp prints - 16 pieces, some with stamps affixed, camp censorship stamps, two letters with traces of censorship interference [part of correspondence cut out], three letters on one sheet, the other thirteen on standard 4-page print, f. 15 x 21cm [approx.], folding marks, local tears in places of folding and on the spine, one letter with a small loss, otherwise good condition. Correspondence-according to camp requirements-mainly with information about good health and thanks for parcels [people who actively help the priest by sending parcels regularly are mentioned by name].

- Typescript of the X-ray examination performed by the priest on 7.5.1946.

- A fragment of a camp letter from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp [another person] and a postcard sent in 1946 with information about death in Mauthausen Camp [another person].

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12 Auction of Curiosities from the Bartoszko Antiquarian Shop of Poznań
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25 November 2022 CET/Warsaw
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12 Auction of Curiosities from the Bartoszko Antiquarian Shop of Poznań
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