Overview
- Description
- Collection of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the Weisz family [donor's husband's family] in Hungary before and during the Holocaust. Includes correspondence between Imre Weisz [donor's husband's father] and his wife, Dora, and son Miklos [donor's husband], while he was in a forced labor battlion from which he did not return and was presumed killed in 1943. Also included are safe conduct passes issued by the Swiss government for Miklos, Dora, and her mother, as well as documents concerning efforts of relatives in Cleveland, Ohio, to apply for affidavits of support for Weisz family as early as 1938.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Agnes Vertes
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Passport.
- Extent
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1 box
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
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Geographic Name
- Hungary.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Agnes Vertes.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:25:21
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524338
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- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
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