Melania Weissenberg papers

Identifier
irn551471
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.442.1
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn551471

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Molly Applebaum

Biographical History

Melania Weissenberg (b. October 27, 1930) was born in Krakow, Poland to Fajwel Weisenberg and Sara Kinstler Weisenberg. In June 1948, Molly immigrated to Canada with a group of child survivors.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Molly Weissenberg Applebaum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Molly Weissenberg Applebaum

Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Molly Weissenberg Applebaum.

Scope and Content

The collection includes a diary, in Polish, written by Melania Weissenberg from 1942-1944 while hiding in Dabrowa Tarnowska with an older Jewish girl. The collection also includes pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of Molly and her family and a letter written by Molly's cousin Bina, dated September 11, 1942.

Subjects

  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland.

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.