Sammlung Egon Michael Zweig und familie (P 149)

Egon Michael Zweig was born in Olomouc (Olmütz), Czech Republic in 1877 as the son of Sigmund and Josefine Zweig (née Doctor) born. He studied law in Vienna. Egon Zweig remained in Vienna after graduation and worked there in the early 20th century as court and court advocate with his own law firm. Already at the age of 19 years was he was active in the Zionist movement of Vienna, among other things, he was a member of "Zion Association", the "Zionist Association of Austria" and the "Central Zionist Association." In 1918 he founded the first Palestine office outside of Palestine in Vienna. In the board elections of the Jewish Community Vienna 1906 he was branch Secretary for the Zionist and opposition electoral committee, and was Secretary of the District Commission of the III and XI (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien and the Jewish-Democratic Kultuswahlkomitee), 1910. In 1920, Egon Zweig settled in The Hague, where he was on the board of directors of "Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael". In 1922, Zweig immigrated with his family to Israel and lived in the Jerusalem district Talpiot. He worked as a lawyer at "Keren Kajemeth" in Jerusalem. Egon Zweig died in March 1949.
Further details about Zweig's family relationships are included in Zweig family archive. [Refrences: The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP)]