Welisch Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains documentation of the Welisch family of Graz, particularly Rudolf Welisch and Doris née Fleischmann and her parents Martin Fleischmann and Josefine née Borges. Included in the collection are vital records, identity cards, educational records, and photographs.
Folder 1 contains vital records, including birth certificates; marriage certificates; military certificates; citizenship decrees; residency certificates for the family in Graz and Manila; certificate of good conduct for Rudolf Welisch; letters of recommendation; certificate from the University of Graz stating that Doris Fleischmann completed three semesters of law school; identity card for Josefine Fleischmann; document certifying Josefine Fleischmann's refugee status; and statement by Rudolf and Doris Welisch regarding their families, citizenship, education, occupations, and skills.
Folder 2 contains various forms of identification for Martin, Josefine, and Doris Fleischmann, including identity cards; passports; and a school book for Doris Fleischamnn at the University of Graz.
Folder 3 contains educational records, including three school certificates for Rudolf Welsich and one school certificate for Doris Fleischmann.
Folder 4 contains photographs of Martin and Josefine Fleischmann and Rudolf and Doris Welisch, along with other unidentified family members.
Dates
- undated, 1915-1952
Creator
- Wachs, Brigitte, 1932- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English and Hungarian.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
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
Rudolf Welisch was born in 1898 in Graz to Isidor Welisch and his wife Rosa née Hollos. He married Doris née Fleischmann, who was born in 1908 in Graz to Martin Fleischmann and his wife Josefine née Borges. In 1938, they left Austria for Manila; in 1948, they immigrated to the United States.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains documentation of the Welisch family of Graz, particularly Rudolf Welisch and Doris née Fleischmann and her parents Martin Fleischmann and Josefine née Borges. Included in the collection are vital records, identity cards, educational records, and photographs.
Other Finding Aid
Inventories are available in each folder
Bibliography
- Emigration and immigration
- Fleischmann, Josefine, 1882-
- Fleischmann, Martin, 1870-
- Graz (Austria)
- Jewish refugees
- Jews -- Austria -- History
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Manila (Philippines)
- Philippines -- Emigration and immigration
- Photographs
- Universität Graz
- Welisch, Doris, 1908-
- Welisch, Rudolf, 1898-
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Jewish
- Title
- Guide to the Welisch Family Collection, undated, 1915-1952 AR 11717
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository