Chaim Wajner collection
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize folders
2
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victor Weiner
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Victor Weiner donated the Chaim Wajner collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2010. Victor Weiner is the son of Chaim Weiner.
Scope and Content
The Chaim Wajner collection consists of handwritten sheet music, printed programs, handwritten and printed lyrics, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding Chaim Wajner (later Chaim Weiner) and his role as the choir director of the Landsberg Hazomir choir at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes programs for Hazomir performances and sheet music for the songs they performed.
System of Arrangement
The Chaim Wajner collection is arranged in a single series.
People
- Weiner, Chaim.
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Germany--Landsberg am Lech.
- Refugee camps--Songs and music.
- Germany.
- Jewish refugees.
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Genre
- Music--Manuscripts.
- Ephemera.
- Document
- Music scores.
- Photographs.