# What is the red X?

**URL:** <https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319>\
**Category:** Schreibstubenkarten aus Buchenwald\
**Created:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:03 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319 "2025-07-21T15:03:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vio\_len](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/vio_len/32/38629_2.png) [@vio\_len](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/vio_len)\
**Post date:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:03 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319/1 "2025-07-21T15:03:35Z")

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![Document from the Arolsen Archives with the ID: 6121460](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/arolsen_archives/original/3X/e/0/e06ba6782d7981006896ef88e99b24409f3fa4eb.jpeg)

- **Document ID:** 6121460  
- **Document Collection:** 1-1-5-3\_Buchenwald\_Schreibstubenkarten  
- **Link to Online Archive:** [https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/6121460](https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/6121460)  

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# Discussion Question
What is the red X?

Asked by @vio_len

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**Author:** ![mally](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/mally/32/37511_2.png) [@mally](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/mally)\
**Post date:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:26 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319/2 "2025-07-21T15:26:27Z")

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Hi welcome to ENC,

see here: (autom engl. translation below)

> [@Was bedeutet dieses rote Zeichen?](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/was-bedeutet-dieses-rote-zeichen/29970/2):
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> Hallo, ich vermute, dass es lediglich ein Haken ist, der dann wieder gestrichen wurde. Oftmals wurden Angaben abgehakt, weil sie z.B. für Veränderungsmeldungen verwendet wurden. Viele Grüße Elke

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> „Hello, I suspect that it is merely a check mark that was later crossed out. Often, entries were checked off because they were used, for example, for change notifications. Best regards, Elke.“

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**Author:** ![vio\_len](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/vio_len/32/38629_2.png) [@vio\_len](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/vio_len)\
**Post date:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:33 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319/3 "2025-07-21T15:33:59Z")

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Dankee!  
Kannst du zufällig den Ort unten rechts entziffern?

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**Author:** ![u.sch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/u.sch/32/71_2.png) [@u.sch](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/u.sch)\
**Post date:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:36 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319/4 "2025-07-21T15:36:05Z")

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Hallo vio\_len,

auch von mir herzlich willkommen bei ENC.

rechts unten steht: verstorben 12.2.40  
#gypsy @fabischatz  
siehe: [https://stevemorse.org/dachau/details.php?lastname=HORVATH&firstname=Josef&title=&birthday=23&birthmonth=Jul&birthyear=1906&birthplace=Buchschachen&from=&town=Buchschachen&street=Zig.%20Lager%2010&number=34046&DateOfArrival=zug.%2028%20Jun%201939&disposition=26%20Sep%201939%20Bu.&comments=&category=AZR%20DÖ.&ID=152196&page=2255/Sey.&disc=3&image=929](https://stevemorse.org/dachau/details.php?lastname=HORVATH&firstname=Josef&title=&birthday=23&birthmonth=Jul&birthyear=1906&birthplace=Buchschachen&from=&town=Buchschachen&street=Zig.%20Lager%2010&number=34046&DateOfArrival=zug.%2028%20Jun%201939&disposition=26%20Sep%201939%20Bu.&comments=&category=AZR%20D%C3%96.&ID=152196&page=2255/Sey.&disc=3&image=929)

Viele Grüße  
/U.

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**Author:** ![vio\_len](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/talk.arolsen-archives.org/vio_len/32/38629_2.png) [@vio\_len](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/u/vio_len)\
**Post date:** [21. Juli 2025 um 15:37 UTC](https://talk.arolsen-archives.org/t/what-is-the-red-x/30319/5 "2025-07-21T15:37:27Z")

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Danke euch beiden!