Overview
- Description
- The papers consist of a list sent from Malines concentration camp by Karl Weiss, Dorothea's father, to Madame Dujardin who saved Dorothea and her sister from deportation by the Gestapo, a good conduct certificate (Führungszeugnis) issued to Berta Weiss, Dorothea's mother, a letter sent to Karl Weiss by the police in Berlin, Germany, a re-issued birth certificate, and a family wedding photograph.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1926-1943
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dorothea Szczesniak
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Certificates. Letters. Birth certificates.
- Extent
-
1 folder
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
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany) France.
- Personal Name
- Weiss, Karl. Weiss, Berta.
- Corporate Name
- Malines (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Dorothea Weiss Szczesniak.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-27 14:47:27
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515279
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