Hannah Weill photographs

Identifier
irn517421
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.253
Dates
1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1995
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517421

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Hannah Weill donated her photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 13, 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of 13 pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs related to the Holocaust experiences of Hannah Mansbacher Weill, originally of Berlin, Germany. She and her family immigrated to Shanghai, China in May 1939 in order to escape the Holocaust. They immigrated to the United States in 1947. Photographs depict Hannah in Berlin, life in post-war Shanghai, and photographs of the family's immigration to California.

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.