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Jozef Weiler papers

Document | Accession Number: 2011.346.1

The Jozef Weiler papers include biographical material, a diary, and photographs relating to Jozef and Helena Weiler’s pre-war and wartime experiences in Poland. The collection includes a repatriation card issued to Jozef, Helena, and their son, Ryszard, for moving from Drohobycz, Poland to Wrocław, Poland, a certificate stating that Jozef arrived from Drohobycz and was sent to Boza Gora (Mszana, Poland), and pre-war photographs of Jozef and Helena taken in Drohobycz, Poland. The collection also includes a diary written by Jozef on the back of 1939 lab reports from a Galicja oil company documenting the birth and development of his firstborn son, Ryszard. He began the diary on 27 December 1945 and last entry is dated 8 April 1946.

Date
inclusive:  1929-1946
Language
Polish
Russian
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Photographs.
Extent
3 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ram Weiler and Miriam Weiler Kuperman

About This Document

Document Creator
Jozef Weiler
Biography
Jozef (Josef, Joseph) Weiler (1914-1967) was born in Drohobycz, Poland (now Drohobych, Ukraine) to Majer (1880-1918) and Roza (née Batalion, 1884-1924) Weiler and worked as an engineer. In 1939 Jozef married Helena Weiler (née Springer 1916-1969) and they had three children, Rysard (b. 1945), Ram, and Miriam. They lived in Drohobycz during the war and in March 1946 they left for Wałbrzych, Poland and settled in Lublin, Poland in 1954.
System of Arrangement
The Jozef Weiler papers are arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Ram Weiler and Miriam Weiler Kuperman donated the Jozef Weiler papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011.
Funding Note
The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:50:11
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