Ernst and Johanna Weihs collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Ernst and Johanna Weihs, both originally of Vienna, Austria. Included are identification documents of Ernst and Johanna, certificates of Ernst and Johanna certifying that they were prisoners of Auschwitz and eligible for benefits in Vienna, and an identification document certifying that Ernst was a prisoner at Dachau. The collection also includes two pieces of Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ernst and Johanna Weihs in 1988.