Overview
- Description
- Louis Satvsky collection consists of photographs and documents relating to the efforts of Otto and Gitla Waga to immigrate to the United States from Vienna, Austria with the assistance of their cousins, the Stravsky family. The documents include letters written to the Stravsky family in the United States requesting assistance in securing an affidavit of support, copies of correspondence with the American consulate in Vienna, copies of documents compiled in support of immigration, and a photograph of Gitla Waga. Also included is a photograph of a young boy, likely Meiloch Waga, who escaped to England on a Kindertransport.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1930-1941
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora and Louis Stavsky cousins of the late Waga family
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Photographs.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Louis Satvsky collection is arranged in a single series.
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
- Families. Children. Jews, Austrian. Refugees.
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration. Vienna (Austria)--Emigration and immigration. Vienna (Austria) Austria.
- Personal Name
- Waga, Gitla. Waga, Otto. Waga, Meiloch.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Louis Stavsky donated the Louis Stavsky collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
- 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 14:28:58
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn548924
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