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Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers
- Title
- Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers, 1938-1962.
- Author
- Weiss, Mary Löwenkopf, 1925-1973.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 4 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 5 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | By appointment only | **P (Lowenkopf Weiss) Box 6 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Description
- 2.5 linear feet (6 boxes).
- Summary
- The Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers document the years that Mary Löwenkopf, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, spent in The Netherlands during 1938-1946, when, at age 13, she left Nazi-occupied Vienna and settled in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Photographic prints.
- Language (note)
- Materials are primarily in German. Some documents are in Dutch.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Folder list available on Internet.
- Contents
- Box 1-2. Correspondence, 1940-1961 and undated -- Box 3-4: Documents, 1939-1962 and undated -- Box 5-6. Photographs, 1938-1946 and undated.
- Call Number
- **P (Lowenkopf Weiss)
- OCLC
- 681974487
- Author
- Weiss, Mary Löwenkopf, 1925-1973.
- Title
- Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers, 1938-1962.
- Biography
- Mary Löwenkopf Weiss was born on July 17, 1925 in Vienna, Austria; at age 13, in December 1938, she left on a Kindertransport for The Netherlands, where she stayed in Arnhem until 1942, when she was imprisoned and held in the Westerbork concentration camp. Löwenkopf Weiss remained in Westerbork until liberation in 1945, and soon after, in 1946, she immigrated to Chicago, U.S.A. In later years she tried, unsuccessfully, to obtain restitution. She died on August 25, 1973 in New York.
- Language
- Materials are primarily in German. Some documents are in Dutch.
- Indexes
- Folder list available on Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- **P (Lowenkopf Weiss)