Bernhard Wiesenfeld Collection

Identifier: irn561926
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561926

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Vivian "Putzi" Wesson Hirshberg, the daughter of Bernhard Wiesenfeld (Bernard Wesson).

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs from Bernhard Wiesenfeld (father of donor) and his family, dating from his youth in Galicia, through his years in Austria, his immigration to England, and his subsequent immigration to the United States. Documents include letters sent while he was interned at Camp Kitchener in England in 1939, and designs for inventions he created in the United States after his immigration in 1940. The collection also includes a cigarette lighter and a compact that he invented.

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Metal picture frame
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561927
- English
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ornate metal frame.
Combination cigarette case, music box, compact
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561928
- English
- a: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 3.880 inches (9.855 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) b: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Gold colored metal case containing a lipstick case as well as a built-in cigarette holder, mirror, music box, and makeup powder container. The case was invented by the donor's father, Bernhard Wiesenfeld (Bernard Wesson).
Coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn561930
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small silver-colored coin with Arabic lettering.
Plastic comb
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn562234
- English
- overall: Height: 1.130 inches (2.87 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small plastic comb.
Bernhard Wiesenfeld papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn610220
- English
- 1913-1946
- boxes 5
- Updated 7 months ago
The Bernhard Wiesenfeld papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and papers related to the engineering career of Bernhard Wiesenfeld (1907-1994) in Vienna, Austria and his status as a refugee in the Kitchener refugee camp in Richborough, Kent, England where he fled after the Nazi annexation of Austria. Included are photographs and correspondence related to his personal life, travels, and career in Vienna, Austria. There are also numerous letters received while in the Kitchener refugee camp in 1939. The biographical materials include identification papers, schoo...

Bernhard Wiesenfeld Collection

Child Items

Metal picture frame

Combination cigarette case, music box, compact

Coin

Plastic comb

Bernhard Wiesenfeld papers