Claire Welch memoir

Identifier
irn37096
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.191
Dates
1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37096

Extent and Medium

folder

1

1 CD,

Creator(s)

  • Claire Welch

Biographical History

Claire Welch (née Weinberg) was born on 21 December 1934 in Brake, Germany. Her parents, Berthold Weinberg and Friedericke Gramms married on 21 May 1933. Claire and her family were arrested in Brake during Kristallnacht. Claire and her mother were released after a few hours, and her grandfather after a few days. Her father was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and released on 14 December 1938. The Weinberg family emigrated from Germany to the United States in February 1939.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claire Welch

Claire Weinberg Welch donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 11, 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of one CD containing a memoir of the Holocaust experiences of Claire Weinberg Welch, originally of Brake, Germany. In the memoir, Claire describes how she recently discovered that she and her family had been picked up on Kristallnacht. Claire and her mother were released within a few hours and her father was released from Sachsenhausen in December 1938. They immigrated to the United States in February 1939.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mrs. Claire Welch

Subjects

  • Brake (Germany)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.