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One identification card and work permit for Friederike Deussing issued January 28, 1944 which includes written guidelines for the stay in Theresienstadt. For example, the bearer is required to carry the card at all times, and produce it on request or on change of work assignment. Verso contains handwritten entries relating to Deussing's work assignments.

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Six postmarked postcards sent to Friederike Deussing, Threresienstadt, Bahnhofstr 5, with return address Deussing, Berlin, Charlottenburg 4, Wilmersdorfer Str. 149 and signed by (daughter) Edith. Notes are brief with contents including questions about Friederike's condition, discussion of Mother's day, chores, and questions about the reciept of mail. Each bears a postage stamp with portrait of Adolf Hitler. Five of the cards were printed with messages in support of the German war effort.

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One note caligraphicly-rendered in ink.

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Three letters written September 24, October 27, and December 16 of 1944 each containing general inquiries about the well-being of Friederike and noting an absence of news from her. The December letter sends Christmas wishes and discusses a shortage of food at home.

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A printed medical form completed in pencil certifying Deussing, a seamstress, has been suffering from a cold but is fit to work.

Scope and Contents One clipping from an unidentified newspaper reporting that due to the advance of the Red Army, prisoners could not be sent to the gas chambers in Auschwitz and Maidanek. As a result, Kaltenbrunner had sought to establish gas chambers in areas not yet occupied by Allied forces. Theresienstadt was chosen as such a location. Due to delays, the camp was liberated before all prisoners could be exected as planned, though 49 young prisoners were shot to death just an hour before the camp was...

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Three slips of paper. One summons signed by the Deutsches Büro notifying Friederike Deussing to report to Magdeburg for transport to Berlin, one handwritten wrapper, and one typescript note describing details of departure.

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Two black and white photo prints of one young woman. One is a portrait and the second is a snapshot taken aboard a sailboat. Inscribed "Edith" and "Edi," respectively.

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Three postcards. One postmarked 1932 and sent to Edith Deussing by her grandfather, a Mother's Day card sent from Edith to Friederike Deussing in 1936, and one unsigned, undated card to Frau [illegible] Deussing.