Herbert Owens Family Collection.

Collection

Identifier: AR 25175 / MF 1017

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

Diploma and licence for Oskar Weitzmann; photographs taken by Oskar Weitzmann, Herbert Owens' report about his emigration, Nazi and Olympic collectors cards, other photos.

Dates

1916-1940
1999

Language of Materials

This collection is in German.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Collection is microfilmed, please use MF 827.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Oskar Weitzmann and his wife Leontyna (née Besen) were photographers in Vienna. Their daughter Fritzi married Herbert Owens.

Herbert Oppenheim was born in Vienna in 1924. His father was deported to Dachau in 1938. He was released in 1939 and immigrated with his son to New York. The family changed its last name to Owens.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Diploma and licence for Oskar Weitzmann; photographs taken by Oskar Weitzmann, Herbert Owens' report about his emigration, Nazi and Olympic collectors cards, other photos.