Weiss family papers

Identifier
irn515279
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.173.1
Dates
1 Jan 1926 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515279

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dorothea Szczesniak

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Dorothea Weiss Szczesniak.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a list sent from Malines concentration camp by Karl Weiss, Dorothea's father, to Madame Dujardin who saved Dorothea and her sister from deportation by the Gestapo, a good conduct certificate (Führungszeugnis) issued to Berta Weiss, Dorothea's mother, a letter sent to Karl Weiss by the police in Berlin, Germany, a re-issued birth certificate, and a family wedding photograph.

People

  • Weiss, Karl.
  • Weiss, Berta.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • France.
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.