Rita Tewel Newberg Weiger collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86127
• English
• overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm) | Depth: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Brown trunk used by 28 year old Ryfka (Rita) Tewel when she left Bartkowka, Poland, for the United States in July 1938. Ryfka's US visa was sponsored by a maternal aunt and her husband in Pittsburgh, and Ryfka settled there. In 1941, Rita married Benjamin Newberg, who agreed to help bring her brother and four sisters to the United States. They sent money to Rita’s siblings, but never heard from them again. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. During the German occupation, at least three million Jewish citizens of Poland we...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86128
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection includes a passport for Ryfka Tewel (Rita Newberg Weiger), photographs, correspondence from relatives in DP camps in Germany which describe the fate of the family and Polish Jews in the Dynow area, shipping documents, and a poem written by Jaime Phillips in honor of her grandmother.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86130
• English
• 1994
• 1 sound recording, WAV
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86176
• English
• overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Cunard White Star luggage label used by 28 year old Ryfka (Rita) Tewel when she left Bartkowka, Poland, for the United States in July 1938. Ryfka's US visa was sponsored by a maternal aunt and her husband in Pittsburgh, and Ryfka settled there. In 1941, Rita married Benjamin Newberg, who agreed to help bring her brother and four sisters to the United States. They sent money to Rita’s siblings, but never heard from them again. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. During the German occupation, at least three million Jewish c...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn86179
• English
• overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Cunard White Star blue luggage tag used by 28 year old Ryfka (Rita) Tewel when she left Bartkowka, Poland, for the United States in July 1938. Ryfka's US visa was sponsored by a maternal aunt and her husband in Pittsburgh, and Ryfka settled there. In 1941, Rita married Benjamin Newberg, who agreed to help bring her brother and four sisters to the United States. They sent money to Rita’s siblings, but never heard from them again. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The war ended with Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. During the German occupation, at least three million Jewis...