Jacob G. Wiener collection

Identifier: irn518977
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Rabbi Jacob Wiener, the son of Josef and Sarah Zwienicki. Several accretions have been added to this collection.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, a book, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Jacob Wiener and his family, the Zwienickis, in Germany before World War II and in Canada and the United States before, during, and after the war. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn34267
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of documents including war ration books and identification papers issued to Gerd Zwienicki (previous name of Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener) by the United States Government after his arrival in the United States after his escape from Nazi occupied Europe.
Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn46882
- English
- 1936-1950
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of pre and post-war documents, pamphlets, correspondence, and photographs of Jacob Wiener (born Gerd Zwienicki) and his family's experiences from 1936-1948. Included in this collection is his copy of a 1942 pamphlet on "Questions and Answers on Regulations Concerning Aliens of Enemy Nationalities" from the U.S. Department of Justice; Josef Zwienicki's (Jacob's father) 1916 driver's license; a 1948 marriage certificate issued to Gerd Zwienicki and Gertrud Farntrog (Jacob's wife); correspondence from Selma Stiefel Zwienicki (Jacob's mother), dated 1937-1938; correspondence from Jacob...
Zwienicki family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510509
- English
- 1935-1954
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consist of letters received by the Zwienicki family [donor's family] in Nazi Germany and following the Holocaust.
Jacob Wiener papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514252
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of a blank business form and envelope from the business of Josef Swinizki.
Wiener family photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516088
- English
- 1919-1943
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of 23 pre-war and wartime photographs of members of the family of Rabbi Jacob Wiener [Gerd Zwienicki] in Germany. Included are class photographs of the yeshiva of Rabbi Breuer in Frankfurt in the 1930s.
Gerd Zwienicki papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516637
- English
- 1917-1939
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers relate to Gerd Zwienicki [donor], his father, Josef Zwienicki, and his life in Germany before the Holocaust. Included in the collection are documents, correspondence, term papers, notebooks and a speech relating to a Jewish school in Bremen, Germany, where Gerd Zwienicki was the principal and director.
Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519073
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection of photographs, documents and modern color photographs that relate to the donor's experiences during the Holocaust.
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519074
- English
- 1935
- Updated 1 year ago
Book: titled, "Jahrbuch fur Die Judischen Gemeinden- Nr. 6, 5695, 1934/1935." Cover damaged and taped together
Leather billfold used by a German Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to Canada
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519075
- English
- overall: Height: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm) | Width: 10.120 inches (25.705 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Billfold owned by Josef Zwienicki at the time of his emigration from Germany in 1939. Josef, his wife, and four children lived in Bremen as the Nazis rose to power. It was a predominantly non-Jewish city and there was popular support for increasingly punitive restrictions enacted against the Jewish population. On Kristallnacht in November 9-10, 1938, his wife, Selma, was shot and killed in their home by rioters. Josef appealed for help from relatives abroad. A cousin in Canada arranged for Josef and his four children, Avraham, Gerd (Jacob), Benno, and Liesel, to come to Canada as refugees. ...
Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523835
- English
- box 1 , , 6 drawings, 1 leather wallet,
- Updated 1 year ago
Collection consists of documents, photographs, a wallet, and photocopies of documents pertaining to donor and family during and after the war.