Anne Weil Wascou family collection

Identifier: irn519978
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519978

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Anne Weil Wascou in 2005.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two suitcases, correspondence, documents, photographs, and a photograph album relating to the experiences of Anne Weil Wascou and her family during the Holocaust and to the postwar efforts of Anne Wascou to obtain restitution.

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Weil family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517567
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the experiences of the Weil family of Mannheim, Germany during the Holocaust. Included is wartime correspondence from Max, Elfriede, Arno, and Ilse Weil in the Rivesaltes internment camp to Anne Weil (later Anne Wascou), who immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1938 on the MS. St. Louis; wartime and post-war correspondence of Anne trying to locate and learn the fate of her family; and restitution paperwork. The photographs depict pre-war family life, Anne Weil onboard the MS. St. Louis, and a photograph album of Anne’s that depicts life in Mannheim and the Un...
Carry-on suitcase used by a young German Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517568
- English
- overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 23.625 inches (60.008 cm) | Depth: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Patterned canvas carry-on suitcase used by 16 year old Anneliese Weil when she left Hamburg, Germany for the United States on board the MS St. Louis on September 17,1938. She was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Her parents, brother, and sister were arrested by the Germans for being Jewish and deported to concentration camps where they perished.
Brown textured suitcase used by a young German Jewish woman
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517569
- English
- overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Depth: 5.620 inches (14.275 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small brown suitcase used by 16 year old Anneliese Weil when she left Hamburg, Germany, for the United States on board the MS St. Louis on September 17,1938. She was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Her parents, brother, and sister were arrested by the Germans for being Jewish and deported to concentration camps where they perished.

Anne Weil Wascou family collection

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Weil family papers

Carry-on suitcase used by a young German Jewish woman

Brown textured suitcase used by a young German Jewish woman