Martin Weinberg collection

Identifier
irn500002
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0245
Dates
1 Jan 1927 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin and Frances Syril Weinberg

The United States Holocaust Museum Archives received the Martin Weinberg collection on Oct. 15, 1999. Mrs. Syril Weinberg brought the collection to the Museum on behalf of her husband, Martin Weinberg.

Scope and Content

Collection includes immigration documents, identification cards, German passports issued in 1937 and 1938 (Deutsches Reich Reisepass), American naturalization certifications, school and bank notices, official and private correspondence, clippings, handwritten notebook and photographs relating to the Weinberg family. Papers illustrate the Jewish family life before World War II in Germany and in the United States after the immigration, between 1938 to 1991. Mina and Rayner Goldfish sponsored the Weinberg family immigration process.

People

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.