Luise Wetter papers Nachlass Luise Wetter (1917-1991)
Extent and Medium
614 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Luise Wetter
Biographical History
Luise Wetter (1917-1991) was a teacher and aid worker in Switzerland for refugee children during and after the war..
Archival History
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ), Switzerland; Archival signature: NL Luise Wetter. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in March 2017.
Scope and Content
Private papers of Luise Wetter (1917-1991), a Swiss aid worker for refugee children during and after the war, including Jewish children from Vienna in the Pestalozzi children's home (1945 to 1947). The collection consists of biographical materials of Luise Wetter, a resume, personal documents and photographs; correspondence and letters from supervised children from Vienna and Nice; letters from Ida Koplik; "thank you" letters to Martin Wetter (Luise's brother); photographs relating to aid to refugee children, their activities in the Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (SRK) children's camps in Vienna and Nice, Langenhard, and the Villa "Alpgut" in Winterthur; and recommendations concerning the return of children to their home countries or the prolongation of their stay in Switzerland.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two series: 1. Biographical materials of Luise Wetter; 2. Letters and photographs documenting activities in children's camps.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Archiv für Zeitgeschichte - Archivleitung
People
- Koplik, Ida.
- Wetter, Martin.
- Angeli, René.
- Wetter, Luise, 1917-1991.
Corporate Bodies
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Kinderdorf Pestalozzi in Trogen
Subjects
- Child welfare--Switzerland--History--20th century.
- Saffron Walden (England)
- Refugee children--Switzerland--History--20th century.
- Refugee camps--Switzerland--History--20th century.
- Switzerland--Politics and government--20th century.
- Trogen (Switzerland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Switzerland.
- Orphanages
- Winterthur (Switzerland)
- Switzerland.; France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Switzerland.
- Tösstal (Switzerland)
- Women social workers--Switzerland--Biography.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Resumes.
- Albums.
- Postcards.
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Letters.