Overview
- Description
- The Sam and Susan Weiss collection consists of documents and photographs related to the pre-war and post-war lives of Salomon (Sam) Weiss and Zuzana Lehrmanova (later Susan Weiss), both originally of Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia. The collection includes citizenship documents, identification documents, and immigration documents. The photographs include members of the Weiss family and the Lehrmanova family, most of whom did not survive the Holocaust.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1950
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Renee Weiss
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Identification documents. Passports. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Sam and Susan Weiss 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
- Wedding. Families. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Displaced persons--Europe. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust victims.
- Geographic Name
- Uzhorod (Czechoslovakia) Czechoslovakia.
- Personal Name
- Lehrmanova, Zuzana. Weiss, Salomon. Weiss, Sam. Weiss, Susan.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Renee Weiss donated the Sam and Susan Weiss collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 2011.
- 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:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:46
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42560
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