Overview
- Description
- The Rotenberg and Weiss families photograph collection consists of photographs of the Rotenberg (later Roth) and Weiss families before and during World War II. The photographs includes images of Jack Roth in his Polish Army uniform before the war, including one of a group photograph of soldiers seated at a table set for a Passover Seder. A studio portrait of the Weiss family in Plonsk, Poland, undated, including Samuel Weiss and Rachel Weiss, and their five children: Sarah Weiss, Regina Weiss, Max Weiss, David Weiss, and Adolph Weiss.
- Date
-
creation:
1940
undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Roth
- Collection Creator
- Jack Roth
Weiss family - Biography
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Jack Roth (born Rotenberg) served as a Lieutenant in the Polish Army prior to World War II. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, he joined the Warsaw underground. Facing arrest by the Gestapo, he fled to Italy and joined the Italian underground. After the war, he immigrated to the United States.
The Weiss family lived in Plonsk, Poland. Samuel Weiss married Rachel Weiss. They had five children: Sarah Weiss, Regina Weiss, Max Weiss, David Weiss, and Adolph Weiss. Samuel Weiss became ill and died before the Holocaust. Rachel Weiss and Sarah Weiss perished during the Holocaust. Max Weiss, David Weiss, and Adolph Weiss arrived in the United States via Argentina in the early 1940s. Regina Weiss survived Auschwitz concentration camp and Dachau concentration camp. She immigrated to the United States after the war, where she met and married Jack Roth.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Rotenberg and Weiss family photographs are arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material. Museum staff are currently unable to copy, digitize, and/or photograph collection materials on behalf of researchers. Researchers are encouraged to plan a research visit to consult collection materials themselves.
- 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
- Passover. Seder. Families. Holocaust victims. Holocaust survivors.
- Geographic Name
- Plonsk (Poland) Poland.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Barbara Roth donated the Rotenberg and Weiss families photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
- 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 14:28:48
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548871
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