Overview
- Description
- The Ela Weissberger papers consist of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand‐colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger. His biographical materials include a vaccination card, a pass, two receipts documenting requests for passes, a tag bearing his identification number 646, an invitation to a soccer game and concert, an order to report for transport, and ration tickets. His correspondence consists of postcards he sent to or received from his mother Ruzenka (Rosa) Weiss and his aunt Marie Kral during his imprisonment in Theresienstadt.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1941-1989
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ela Weissberger
- Collection Creator
- Ela Weissberger
- Biography
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Ela Weissberger was born Ela Stein in 1930 in Lom u Mostu, Czechoslovakia (near Teplice) to Max and Marketa Stein. She relocated to Prague with her parents and sister Ilona (now Ilona Weinstock) after Kristallnacht, and they were deported to Theresienstadt in February 1942. At Theresienstadt Weissberger played the role of a cat in the children’s opera Brundibár. In 1949 she moved to Israel with her mother and sister, married Leo Weissberger (1924-1994), and immigrated to the United States in 1958.
Physical Details
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Ela Weissberger papers consist of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand-colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger.
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--Czech Republic--Teplice. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Czechoslovakia. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia. Concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ústecký kraj)
- Geographic Name
- Teplice (Czech Republic) Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Ela Weissberger donated the Ela Weissberger papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.
- 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 14:20:35
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Also in Ela Weissberger collection
The Ela Weissberger collection consists of photocopies of materials related to cultural activities at Theresienstadt including a Purim play and Brundibár, poetry about Theresienstadt, a map of Theresienstadt and hand-colored coat of arms of Theresienstadt, and biographical materials and correspondence documenting Walter Weiss’s imprisonment in Theresienstadt. Weiss was a cousin of Ela Weissberger. The collection also includes a metal item: two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with stylized tree at center bottom. Suspended from leather strap with hinged iron alloy hook and buckle at far end.
Date: 1941-1945
Decorative metal piece attached to a short leather strap with a clip
Object
Two separate pieces of iron alloy held together by a hinge. On front is a relief of a lion with a sword between two castles above a brick pattern with stylized tree at center bottom. Suspended from leather strap with hinged iron alloy hook and buckle at far end.
