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Letters written by Auschwitz doctor offer rare look at wartime family ties
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Letters written by Auschwitz doctor offer rare look at wartime family ties

A collection of letters and documents belonging to Dr. Jan Nowak, a non-Jewish Polish doctor imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, has been donated to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The archive, provided by Kraków numismatist Marek Trybulski, includes letters from Nowak while imprisoned, correspondence with his family, postcards, and other wartime documents. Nowak was deported to Auschwitz in 1941 and later moved to Majdanek, Gross-Rosen, and a subcamp of Flossenbürg before being liberated. His letters, which were heavily censored, reveal limited insight into daily life in the camps but highlight emotional connections with family. One letter from his mother included a hand-drawn Christmas tree, symbolizing hope amid suffering.

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Letters written by Auschwitz doctor offer rare look at wartime family ties

A collection of letters and documents belonging to Dr. Jan Nowak, a non-Jewish Polish doctor imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, has been donated to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The archive, provided by Kraków numismatist Marek Trybulski, includes letters from Nowak while imprisoned, correspondence with his family, postcards, and other wartime documents. Nowak was deported to Auschwitz in 1941 and later moved to Majdanek, Gross-Rosen, and a subcamp of Flossenbürg before being liberated. His letters, which were heavily censored, reveal limited insight into daily life in the camps but highlight emotional connections with family. One letter from his mother included a hand-drawn Christmas tree, symbolizing hope amid suffering.

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