Regina Bochner Schweid papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
,
3 microfiche,
Creator(s)
- Regina B. Schweid
Biographical History
Regina Bochner Schweid (d. 1988) was born in Frysztak, Poland. She was the daughter of Samuel and Dina Bochner and was one of at least ten children in the family. She became engaged to Naftali Chaim Schweid in 1921, and they married after immigrating separately to the United States. The Bochner family moved from Frysztak to Beuthen in Upper Silesia (now Bytom, Poland) then to Oświęcim, Poland, and then to Katowice, Poland. Some members of the family were able to immigrate to Palestine or the Soviet Union, thus escaping the Holocaust; the fate of others left behind are unknown.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Samuel Schweid in 1991.
Scope and Content
Includes the personal correspondence of Regina Bochner Schweid, exchanged between her and members of her family in Poland. The letters concern the movement of various family members throughout Eastern Europe and the attempt of several Bochner family members to finance their emigration to the United States. Also included is a list of statistics for Bochner family members and a 31 August 1945 issue of the "Fort Wood News," which contains an article concerning the viewing of a Holocaust photograph exhibit by American liberators. See RG list for RG-10.02701 - RG-10.027*02 titles.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Regina B. Schweid
People
- Bochner, Abraham.
- Bochner, Erna.
- Bochner, Dina Epstein.
- Schweid, Regina Bochner.
- Bochner, Bernard.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Oświęcim (Poland)
- Bytom (Poland)
- Frysztak (Poland)
- Katowice (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Genealogy.
- Palestine.
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document