Anne Weil Wascou family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517567
• English
• box 1
• Updated 8 months ago

The collection documents the experiences of the Weil family of Mannheim, Germany during the Holocaust. Included is wartime correspondence from Max, Elfriede, Arno, and Ilse Weil in the Rivesaltes internment camp to Anne Weil (later Anne Wascou), who immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1938 on the MS. St. Louis; wartime and post-war correspondence of Anne trying to locate and learn the fate of her family; and restitution paperwork. The photographs depict pre-war family life, Anne Weil onboard the MS. St. Louis, and a photograph album of Anne’s that depicts life in Mannheim and the Un...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517568
• English
• overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 23.625 inches (60.008 cm) | Depth: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Patterned canvas carry-on suitcase used by 16 year old Anneliese Weil when she left Hamburg, Germany for the United States on board the MS St. Louis on September 17,1938. She was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Her parents, brother, and sister were arrested by the Germans for being Jewish and deported to concentration camps where they perished.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517569
• English
• overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Depth: 5.620 inches (14.275 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Small brown suitcase used by 16 year old Anneliese Weil when she left Hamburg, Germany, for the United States on board the MS St. Louis on September 17,1938. She was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Her parents, brother, and sister were arrested by the Germans for being Jewish and deported to concentration camps where they perished.