Izak and Marthe Weber papers

Identifier
irn85859
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.187.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 2006
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
  • English
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

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

Subjects

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