Agnes Vertes collection

Identifier
irn524338
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.289.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Agnes Vertes

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Agnes Vertes.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the Weisz family [donor's husband's family] in Hungary before and during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence between Imre Weisz [donor's husband's father] and his wife, Dora, and son Miklos [donor's husband], while he was in a forced labor battlion from which he did not return and was presumed killed in 1943. Also included are safe conduct passes issued by the Swiss government for Miklos, Dora, and her mother, as well as documents concerning efforts of relatives in Cleveland, Ohio, to apply for affidavits of support for Weisz family as early as 1938.

Subjects

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.