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Angela Schwartz diary

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.515.1

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Overview

Description: The collection includes a booklet created in Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, by Angela Schwartz from 1944-1945. The booklet was made from materials in the munitions factory such as paint and paper and includes poems.
Date: inclusive: 1944-1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Angela Schwartz Weiss
Collection Creator: Angela Schwartz
Biography: Angela Schwartz (born Litza Schwartz, later Weiss, 1923-2013) was born in Beregszasz, Hungary to David Mordechai (b.1888) and Malka (Mergit, b.1898) and had a brother Meier (Paul). Angela was taken to Sömmerda, a subcamp of Buchenwald, and was forced into labor at a munitions factory. After the war, Angela returned to Prague and later married Samuel Weiss (Weis or Weisz, 1923-2010). Samuel was born to Eliyhu (Elius, b. 1894) and Sarina (Shara, nee Birenbaum-Katz, b. 1896) and had one brother, Shlom (Shuli). Angela and Samuel immigrated to Palestine in 1947 and had two sons, Eldad and Michael. Angela’s parents and brother perished in the Holocaust.

Physical Details

Language: Hungarian
Genre/Form: Diaries.
Extent: 1 book enclosure
System of Arrangement: The Angela Schwartz diary is arranged as 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: World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Personal narratives. Concentration camp inmates' writings. Women concentration camp inmates--Germany--Sömmerda.
Geographic Name: Berehove (Ukraine) Sömmerda (Germany)
Personal Name: Schwartz, Angela.
Corporate Name: Sömmerda (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Angela Schwartz diary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Eldad and Michael Weiss, sons of Angela Schwartz Weiss.
Funding Note: The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
Special Collection: Save Their Stories

Record last modified:: 2024-04-11 13:19:05
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