Bleiweiss family collection

Identifier
irn501965
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0124
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501965

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives on May 22, 1998. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives received these papers from William Blye.

Scope and Content

Contains two photographs, four picture postcards, sixteen documents pertaining to the fates of Bernhard, Leo, Wolf, Chaim, and Maria Bleiweiss during the Holocaust. Documents include information about leaving Leipzig, Germany, in 1937, moving to Italy and France, the deportation of Bernhard, Leo, and Chaim to Auschwitz, and Wolf and Maria's later emigration to the United States.

People

  • Bleiweiss, Wolf.
  • Bleiweiss, Leo.
  • Bleiweiss, Chaim.
  • Bleiweiss, Maria.
  • Bleiweiss, Bernhard.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--France.
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Italy.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.

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.