Kurt Willner Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of correspondence and other materials documenting the fate of Chaim and Rachel Willner.
Dates
- 1938-1998
Creator
- Willner, Kurt, 1923- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
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
Kurt Willner was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923. His father Joachim (Chaim) had a jewlery store in St. Poelten, Austria. Kurt Willner left Austria in 1939 as part of a Youth Alia transport to Palestine. He immigrated to the US in 1958.
His parents Chaim and Rachel Willner were deported to Sabac (Yugoslavia) where they were killed in 1941.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
Photocopies of correspondence and other materials documenting the fate of Chaim and Rachel Willner.
Bibliography
- Title
- Guide to the Kurt Willner Family Collection, 1938-1998 AR 11998
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2016
- 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
