"The words of our mouths: our family's heritage as told by members of the Beer-Lasner, Goss-Kaufman, Katz-Rosenstein, Ribak-Weiner families"
Extent and Medium
folders
3
Creator(s)
- Robert H. Weiner
Archival History
Robert H. Weiner
Acquisition
"The words of our mouths .." was written by Robert H. Weiner in 1991. It was donated to USHMMA in July of the same year.
Scope and Content
Includes of a copy of "The words of our mouths..." written by Robert H. Weiner. It concerns the family heritage of the Weiner family and other related families of American Jews. The work includes information about Jewish emigration in the 19th century, the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American Society, and European History. Weiner uses quotes of family members and quotes from family correspondence in order to illustrate the family's story in both Europe and the United States. Special "Who's Who" segments, used alongside photographs, help trace the family tree. Also included is an essay entitled "The bequest of letters by Robert Dalberg: an accidental discovery" by Herbert Engemann. It describes a collection of letters discovered hidden inside a wall in the home of Nathan Rosenberg. The letters and other papers relate to the Robert Dalberg family.
People
- Weiner, Robert H.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Corporate Bodies
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Subjects
- Judaism.
- Germany.
- Antisemitism.
- Israel.
- Jews--Russia.
- United States.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Jewish literature.
- Concentration camps.
- Jews--Social life and customs.
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Rabbis.
- Jews--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Emigration and immigration.
- Lithuania.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation.
- Jews--Lithuania.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document