Overview
- Description
- The Chaim Wajner collection consists of handwritten sheet music, printed programs, handwritten and printed lyrics, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding Chaim Wajner (later Chaim Weiner) and his role as the choir director of the Landsberg Hazomir choir at the Landsberg displaced persons camp. Includes programs for Hazomir performances and sheet music for the songs they performed.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1950
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Victor Weiner
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Ephemera. Music--Manuscripts. Music scores.
- Extent
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2 folders
2 oversize folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Chaim Wajner collection is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp) Refugee camps--Songs and music. Jewish refugees--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. Jewish refugees.
- Geographic Name
- Germany. Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Weiner, Chaim.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Victor Weiner donated the Chaim Wajner collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in November 2010. Victor Weiner is the son of Chaim Weiner.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:37:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42181
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