Suzanne Weil collection
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Suzanne Weil
Issued to or acquired by Suzanne Weil during the time period of the Holocaust in Slovakia and Hungary. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Suzanne Weil.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs and documents pertaining to Suzanne Weil's pre-war and wartime experiences in Slovakia and Hungary. Ms. Weil [donor] was in hiding in the countryside in Slovakia using a false identity and in 1944 escaped to Budapest where she was sent to Bergen Belsen on the Kasztner transport. Included is a pre-war photo album which belonged to Jan Weil, a photocopy of a list of Kasztner Train passengers, photocopy of a report of testimony of one of Kasztner's witnesses, daily report of what happened in Bergen Belsen (in Hungarian) by Eugene Kolb, and a photocopy of "accusations" against Kasztner.
People
- Kasztner, Rezső Rudolf, 1906-1957.
Subjects
- Slovakia.
Genre
- Document
- Photograph albums.