A letter from an inmate in the Dachau camp / death certificate of Otto Spitz, who perished in Dachau

A letter from an inmate in the Dachau camp / death certificate of Otto Spitz, who perished in Dachau

A letter from a prisoner [Otto Spitz?] Dachau camp while in the camp, on the margins of the letter is the stamp of the camp / death certificate of Otto Spitz, who perished in Dachau.

In the letter, the prisoner asks for information about his family and personal belongings that were lost. He is also interested in the fate of friends. It was not clear who the prisoner was, because the signature on the margins of the letter [Janeln] may have been made by the censor of the camp, as was done in most cases that letters of this kind never reached their destination. In any event, the letter found next to the death certificate of a man named 'Otto Spitz'.

Otto Spitz, born June 25, 1906 in the Czech Republic, the son of Karl and Matilda Spitz, perished in the Dachau camp on January 24, 1945. The document is signed by the Czech authorities and briefly describes Spitz's life and death in the Dachau camp. The details on this leaf correspond to the genealogical records under this name, including the details of his birthplace in Prague, and the dates of birth and death.

The names 'Spitz' and 'Spitzer' are documented in Prague, Czech Republic, already in 1743. Famous people who bore surnames from this group in the 20th century include Leo Spitzer, an American-born author and educator; And Leib Spitzman, an American journalist born in Poland.

[2] leaves. A letter from the Dachau camp is written on both sides of the page. Death certificate. Folding marks fine condition.