Ruth Weyl collection

Identifier
irn515348
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.478
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515348

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Weyl

Ruth Weyl donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on July 1, 2004 via United States Holocaust Memorial Museum volunteer Jill Pauly. An accretion was added on Sep. 1, 2004. Another accretion was added on Sep. 10, 2004.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs of the Weyl family and other German Jewish refugees in Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya, where they spent the war. Also contains one memoir, 11 pages, entitled "My Memories from Africa," written by Ruth Weyl, documenting her experiences in Africa from 1937-1948, as well as an advertisement card for the Weyl's boarding house in Nairobi, letters of recommendation, and correspondence from their lives in Africa.

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.