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Collection |
Weiss Family Papers |
Object Name |
Collection |
Catalog Number |
RG-106 |
Dates of Creation |
1939-2003 |
Extent of Description |
0.2 linear feet (1 box) |
Admin/Biographical History |
Fran Weiss was born Fryma Lea Deitelzweig on October 27, 1944 in Otwock, Poland in an underground bunker on the property of Mary Lewandowski (or Laskowski). Fran's parents, Zlota and Pesach Deitelzweig (later Zelda and Paul Deitell) had been married in 1939 shortly after a bomb had destroyed Zlota's family home, killing her parents, several of her sisters, and two nephews. Their first child, Eta Perl (later Ellen), was born in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Eta was smuggled out of the ghetto into the hands of Mary who had a Christian birth certificate forged for the child. By the end of 1941, Mary had a bunker prepared where she hid Zlota until 1945. Mary also managed to smuggle Pesach out in February 1943. After liberation by the Soviets, the family lived in Neu Freimann Displaced Persons Camp. They immigrated to the United States in March 1949. The rest of Zlota's family had perished in the Holocaust after being deported to the concentration camps in 1942. Likewise, Pesach's entire family also perished in the concentration camps. |
Copyrights |
No restriction on use. |
Language of Material |
English and Hebrew. |
Scope & Content |
The Weiss Family Papers follow the family of Fran Weiss née Deitell as a child in Nazi-occupied Poland. These papers include interview notes, photographs, and documents pertaining to the family's life in hiding. Folder 1 contains donation materials, including an inventory and a donation acceptance form. Folder 2 has several handwritten notes outlining the Deitelzweigs' experience escaping Warsaw Ghetto. Folder 3 holds several notes and summaries from an interview done with Fran Weiss in 2003. Folder 4 contains several copies and original photographs of the extended Deitelzweig family both before and after the war. Folder 5 contains a flyer for a concert featuring Cantor Paul Deitell in 1955. The flyer is partly in Hebrew. |
Subjects |
Otwock, Poland Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Ghetto Neu Freimann Displaced Persons Camp |
Imagefile |
003\RG106.TIF |