Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of 28 photographs of David Weithorn, Hella Edelbaum Weithorn, and their children, Rochelle and Victor, in the Gruliasco displaced persons camp in Turin, Italy.
- Date
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inclusive:
1946-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rochelle Weithorn
- Collection Creator
- Rochelle Weithorn
- Biography
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Rochelle Weithorn was born on June 4, 1948, in Torino (Turin), Italy. Her father, David Weithorn, was born in 1906 in Lubaczów, Poland. Her mother, Hella Edelbaum Weithorn was born on Aug. 20, 1918, in Gąbin, Poland, near Łódź. David and Hella had difficult experiences during the war and both left Poland immediately after the war. They met in Vienna, Austria and married there in 1946. Soon after their wedding, they were moved to the Gruliasco DP camp. Their son, Victor Weithorn, was born in the DP camp on May 13, 1947. In April 1950 the Weithorn family immigrated to the United States. Hella and David Weithorn also had three children born in the United States: Anita (b. 1952), Gloria (b. 1953), and Mark (b.1957).
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Rochelle Weithorn in 1999.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-10-12 10:55:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523559
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