Zehngut and Weiss families collection

Identifier
irn624954
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Tina Michaels Coverman.

Scope and Content

Documents, correspondence, and photographs concerning the Zehngut and Weiss families in Europe; papers concerning the emigration of Inge and Kitty Weiss among the 50 Children rescued from Vienna by Brith Sholom and Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus as well as the emigration of their parents Stella Zehngut Weiss and Leon Weiss; and related materials from their lives in the United States including school records, government documents, a draft of a memoir written by Inge, and a Camp Ray-Oot swimming medal.

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.