Moritz Schweizer Collection

The collection contains documentation of the life of Moritz Schweizer, particularly his persecution during World War II. Included in the collection is a diary excerpt listing concentration camp victims he buried after his liberation; correspondence; documents pertaining to his emigration from Germany to Amsterdam; documents pertaining to his internment in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen; information kept by Schweizer on children in the orphanage at Bergen-Belsen; and letters of sympathy to his wife after his death.

Folder 1 contains an excerpt from Moritz Schweizer's diary dated April 1945, in which he recorded the names of people he buried in Tröbitz after his liberation from Bergen-Belsen, along with their birth dates, natonalities, death dates, and burial dates. Also included are two newspaper articles about the diary.

Folder 2 contains documentation of Moritz Schweizer's experiences and persecution during World War II, including correspondence; documents pertaining to his emigration from Germany to Amsterdam; identity card issued to Schweizer by the Zentralstelle fur jüdische Auswanderung Amsterdam; card documenting his transport from Westerbork to Bergen-Belsen; document certifying that he was on a transport from Bergen-Belsen that was liberated by Soviet troops; displaced persons registration record filled out by Schweizer; photograph of a transport leaving Bergen-Belsen for Auschwitz; and several Jewish stars.

Folder 3 contains photocopies of Moris Schweizer's card files of children in the orphanage at Westerbork, including children's names and birth dates, along with some notes on their families.

Folder 4 contains photocopies of letters of sympathy written to Moritz Schweizer's wife Inge Schweizer after his death. Also included are obituaries for Moritz Schweizer and several speeches about him.