Weiner family collection

Identifier
irn39801
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.317
Dates
1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1978
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Italian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39801

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edward Weiner

Edward Weiner donated his parents' materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 8, 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs and identification, emigration, and passports related to the wartime experiences of Heinrich (Henry) and Eugenia (Jenny) Weiner, originally of Vienna, Austria. A few months after the German annexation of Austria, Heinrich fled to Italy and got papers for Eugenia to join him. Collection includes their passports and a copy and translation of their wedding certificate. They emigrated to Equador in 1939 and from there to the United States, where Henry joined the United States Army in 1941. Includes naturalization paperwork, family photographs, and an article about the birth of their children. While Jenny's parents were able to immigrate to the United States, Henry's immediate family perished in the Holocaust.

People

  • Weiner, Eugenia.
  • Weiner, Heinrich.

Subjects

  • Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938.
  • Emigration and immigration.
  • Jews--Ecuador.
  • Italy--Emigration and immigration.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Austria.

Genre

  • Document
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