Overview
- Description
- The Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers consist of identification documents, affidavits, documents, and photographs relating to the Schwarz family. Also included is Ilse Weinberger's memior entitled "Story of My Life," a letter from Ilse to Vera Frankel, and a photograph of Ilse Weinberger, the maid of honor, at Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz's wedding, June 29, 1932.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1900-1949
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Vera Frankel and Daisy Nass
- Collection Creator
- Schwarz family
- Biography
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Eugen Schwarz (1904-1966) was born in Czechoslovakia to Albert and Helene Schwarz. He married Gertrude Singer Schwarz (1911-1998), and the couple had twin daughters, Vera and Daisy, in 1936. Eugen Schwarz was a banker and was transferred to Paris in 1938. From there the family immigrated to the United States via Lisbon in 1941. Gertrude Schwarz’s mother, Hedwig Riesenfeld (1887-1942), was deported from Brünn to Theresienstadt in January 1942 and then two months later to Izbica where she was killed. Gertrude’s brother, Heinrich Singer, fled Czechoslovakia with his wife and is believed to have been killed in Lvov. Eugen Schwarz’s parents are believed to have been deported to concentration camps in Poland.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Identification documents. Photographs. Correspondence.
- Extent
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2 folders
1 oversize folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Eugen and Gertrude Schwarz family papers is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Czech Republic. Czechoslovakia.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Vera Frankel and Daisy Nass.
- 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:
- 2023-02-28 13:23:38
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn712739
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- Terms of Use
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