Izak and Marthe Weber papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Muriel Weber
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Muriel Weber.
Scope and Content
Documents, correspondence and photographs illustrating the experiences of Izak Weber, born in Skole, Poland in 1910, who studied medicine in Paris and remained there through WWII. Included in the collection are numerous documents concerning Izak's medical education and intern work in Paris; his eventual internment in Drancy transit camp in December 1942, from which he escaped; correspondence from his brother in Poland during the German occupation; correspondence from family in Skole, Poland to Izak in Paris in 1942; marriage documentation and identification cards for Izak and his wife Marte; and documentation regarding his medical practice in Argentina and the United States after the war. Also includes pre-war photographs of Marthe's family in Paris, circa 1920s and 1930s.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Muriel Weber
Corporate Bodies
- Drancy (Internament camp)
Subjects
- Paris (France).
- Skole (Ukraine)
Genre
- Photographs.
- Marriage certificates.
- Letters.
- Document