Compared to
later conditions, treatment of prisoners during the first
year was relatively humane. A printed announcement from the
camp commandant on the back of this December 16, 1940,
formular post card stated, "Each prisoner may have a packet
weighing one kilogram sent to him by relatives for
Christmas, but not as a packet with money order. Permitted:
bread, Christmas pastries, winter sausage, tobacco products,
toilet articles. Forbidden: enclosures of money, canned
jelly, stamps, photographs, letters, and flammable materials
such as lighters, matches, etc. For delivery the packet
should have the most correct address, including the birthdate and prisoner number. The packet must be sent in
the period from December 10, 1940, to January 5, 1941. All
incoming packages that do not conform to camp regulations
will be confiscated for the benefit of prisoners who receive
no packet from home. next >>
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