Angela Schwartz diary
Extent and Medium
book enclosure
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Creator(s)
- Angela Schwartz
Biographical History
Angela Schwartz (born Litza Schwartz, later Weiss, 1923-2013) was born in Beregszasz, Hungary to David Mordechai (b.1888) and Malka (Mergit, b.1898) and had a brother Meier (Paul). Angela was taken to Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, and was forced into labor at a munitions factory. After the war, Angela returned to Prague and later married Samuel Weiss (Weis or Weisz, 1923-2010). Samuel was born to Eliyhu (Elius, b. 1894) and Sarina (Shara, nee Birenbaum-Katz, b. 1896) and had one brother, Shlom (Shuli). Angela and Samuel immigrated to Palestine in 1947 and had two sons, Eldad and Michael. Angela’s parents and brother perished in the Holocaust.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Angela Schwartz Weiss
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
The Angela Schwartz diary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Eldad and Michael Weiss, sons of Angela Schwartz Weiss.
Scope and Content
The collection includes a booklet created in Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, by Angela Schwartz from 1944-1945. The booklet was made from materials in the munitions factory such as paint and paper and includes poems.
System of Arrangement
The Angela Schwartz diary is arranged as a single series.
People
- Schwartz, Angela.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Berehove (Ukraine)
- Women concentration camp inmates--Germany--Sömmerda.
- Sömmerda (Germany)
- Concentration camp inmates' writings.
- World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Personal narratives.
Genre
- Diaries.
- Document