Leon Weinberg papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Leon Weinberg
Biographical History
Fajwel Weinberg lived in Łódź, Poland, and was in partnership with his brothers in the Weinberg Bakery. He was married to Golda Kajla, and they had two daughters, Malka and Ester Hadasa, and one son, Leon. All family members except for Leon perished during the Holocaust|Leon Weinberg was born on Jan. 9, 1925, in Łódź, Poland. When Leon was thirteen, a Jewish ghetto was established in Łódź, and he was retained there for four years. He was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and was liberated at the age of twenty in 1945. After a brief return to Łódź, he left Poland and spent three years in a DP camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. In 1949, Leon Weinberg immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Leon Weinberg donated the Leon Weinberg papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of an identification card for Fajwel Weinberg [donor's father] issued by the Arbeitsamt-Getto [Ghetto Labor Organization] in Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Poland, as well as two greeting cards for the New Year with photographs of the Weinberg family [Fajwel, Golda Kajla, Malka, Ester Hadasa, and Leon].
System of Arrangement
Leon Weinberg papers is arranged in a single series.
People
- Weinberg, Fajwel.
- Weinberg, Ester Hadasa.
- Weinberg, Malka.
- Weinberg, Golda Kajla.
- Weinberg, Leon.
Subjects
- Poland.
- Łódź (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
Genre
- Document
- Identification cards.
- Greeting cards.