Charlotte Hillburn Collection

This collection contains vital and educational records of Charlotte Hillburn (born Liselotte Wiener) and her family. It also contains materials about Jews in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia (today Gliwice, Poland).

Vital and educational records (mostly photocopies), primarily for Charlotte Hillburn but also for her husband and sons, include birth, marriage, immigration, and naturalization records, as well as educational records and letters of reference. Many have translations into English. Other family materials include photographs of Berthold Wiener's grave (in Gleiwitz); a short statement about Hillburn's uncle Salo Jacob; and some 1994 information about the cousins and other relatives of the Wiener family. Material related generally to the Jews of Gleiwitz includes lists of Jews from Gleiwitz and lists of microfilm records; correspondence with former resident Hilde Kochmann and researcher Ernst Lustig; clippings; a copy of a 1961 book chapter, Von den Juden in Gleiwitz, by Wilhelm Lustig; memorial materials, and an account, in English, of Hilde Kochmann's return visit, in 1998, to Gleiwitz.