Correspondence

Durchsuchungsprotokoll vom 21. Juni 1967

Otto Drews kept up an intensive correspondence with his wife Gertraud during his pre-trial detention in the 1960s. The letters written by the couple contained coded contents. After reading the contents, Otto Drews' cell was searched and he himself was sanctioned with more severe prison measures.¹

The letters exhibited here were taken from the case file 213-12 0597 volume 020 of the Hamburg public prosecutor's office, which is accessible as a digital copy in the Hamburg State Archive.² They provide insights into the world of Otto Drews' thoughts as well as his interaction with relatives in the run-up to the Hamburg trial of 1967/68.

Otto Drews' correspondence:

Durchsuchungsbericht Haftraum Otto Drews vom 21. Juni 1967

Search report of Otto Drews' detention cell dated 21 June 1967

Letter (transcript) from Otto Drews from pre-trial detention to his wife dated 21 June 1967

Brief (Abschrift) Otto Drews aus der Untersuchungshaft an seine Frau vom 5. Juli 1967

Letter (transcript) from Otto Drews from pre-trial detention to his wife dated 5 July 1967

Entschlüsselte Passagen aus dem Briefverkehr von Otto Drews mit seiner Frau vom 7. Juli 1967

Decoded passages from Otto Drews' correspondence with his wife of 7 July 1967

Brief (Abschrift) Otto Drews aus der Untersuchungshaft an seine Frau vom 12. Juli 1967

Letter (transcript) from Otto Drews from pre-trial detention to his wife dated 12 July 1967

Brief (Abschrift) Otto Drews aus der Untersuchungshaft an seine Frau vom 19. Juli 1967

Letter (transcript) from Otto Drews from pre-trial detention to his wife dated 19 July 1967

Brief (Abschrift) Otto Drews aus der Untersuchungshaft an seine Frau vom 26. Juli 1967

Letter (transcript) from Otto Drews from pre-trial detention to his wife dated 26 July 1967

Brief (Abschrift) von Gertraud Drews and Otto Drews aus der Untersuchungshaft an seine Frau vom 24. Oktober 1967

Letter (transcript) from Gertraud Drews and Otto Drews dated 24 October 1967

Responsible for content: Paulin Wandschneider, Frank Wobig

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_{¹ Cf. StAnw Hamburg 213-12 0597-003, pp. 347-351 and 390-394.}
_{² Cf. StAnw Hamburg 213-12 0597-020, p. 155 and 328.}