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Hans Weil papers

Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0479.1

The Hans Weil papers consist of biographical materials, photographs, and printed materials documenting German educator Hans Weil, his relocation to Italy following his dismissal from teaching at Goethe University, and the school, Schule am Mittelmeer, that he established for German emigrant children in Recco, Italy.

Date
inclusive:  1923-1939
Language
German
Italian
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
3 folders
1 oversize folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Hans Weil
Biography
Hans Weil (1898-1972) was a German educator born in Saarbrücken to Karl and Emma (Lehrberger) Weil. He was dismissed from teaching at Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1933 after the Nazis came to power. He tried unsuccessfully to establish a school for half-Jewish children in Germany and then fled to Italy with his non-Jewish wife, Senta (1898-1988) and their children Anselm (Kurt, b. 1928) and Constanze (b. 1933). He first worked at the Landschulheim in Florence before founding his own school, Schule am Mittelmeer, which opened in March 1934 at the Villa Palma in Recco. The Italian racial laws of 1938 forced the school to close. Weil’s wife and children immigrated to the United States in 1939, and he followed after a year in Great Britain.
System of Arrangement
The Hans Weil papers are arranged as a single series: I. Hans Weil papers, 1923-1939

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Nina Weil donated the Hans Weil papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 and 1996. The accession formerly cataloged as 1996.65 has been incorporated into this collection.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Additional Accession Number
1996.65
Primary Number
1995.A.0479.1

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).

 
Record last modified: 2022-05-03 14:00:22
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