Shraga Weil family collection

Identifier: irn715910
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715910

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2020 by Efrat Weil-Amit, the daughter of Shraga Weil.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a diary, postcards, correspondence, poems, documents, permits, identification papers, receipts, photographs, a book of printed drawings, and an embroidered keepsake relating to the experiences of Shraga (Frantisek) Weil and the extended Weil family.

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Shraga Weil papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn736458
- English
- folder oversize folder oversize box 1 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of a diary, postcards, correspondence, poems, documents, permits, identification papers, receipts, photographs, and a book of printed drawings relating to the experiences of Shraga Weil and the extended Weil family. The diary, found by Shraga, is written in Hungarian and has an unknown author. The postcards, letters, and poetry were written by Shraga’s mother, Helena (Ilona) Tausig Weil, during the 1920s. The documents include a temporary pass for lodging, travel permits from Budapest, Hungary to Czechoslovakia issued in 1946 by Delegat Ceskoslovensk for Shraga Weil and h...
Family member's initials embroidered on a keepsake owned by Shraga Weil
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn736459
- English
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
A piece of cloth embroidered with the initials of a member of Shraga Weil's family. The cloth was taken to Palestine as a keepsake. The keepsake is part of a collection relating to the experiences of Shraga Weil and the extended Weil family.

Shraga Weil family collection

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Shraga Weil papers

Family member's initials embroidered on a keepsake owned by Shraga Weil