Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection includes materials related to the history of these families prior to World War II as well as materials that shed light on the fate of various members of the Altschuler and Weinberger families during the Holocaust.
The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, documents, photographs, genealogical materials such as charts and family trees, stammbuch (most likely belonging to Helen Altschuler), and a handwritten cookbook.
The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence concerning immigration efforts as well as correspondence with immigration authorities in the United States.
Another part of the collection consists of materials depicting the fate of the Altschuler and Weinberger families during the Holocaust as well as genealogical materials including correspondence, memoirs, printed materials, documents, genealogical charts and family trees.
Dates
- 1884-2007
Creator
- Altschuler, Helen (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English with some French and Czech.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Biographical Note
Suse Altschuler was born in Paris in 1892. Her widowed mother, Eugenie married Guglielmo Weinberger and moved to Vienna in 1912. Suse Altschuler married her husband Max in 1913 and moved to Speyer. She had two sons, Herbert and Otto Altschuler. In 1939 Suse Altschuler and her family immigrated to the United States. Her mother Eugenie and her step father Guglielmo Weinberger remained in Vienna. Guglielmo Weinberger died in the winter if 1941. Eugenie was deported in 1943 and perished in the Holocaust.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Altschuler and Weinberger Families Collection includes materials related to the history of these families prior to World War II as well as materials that shed light on the fate of various members of the Altschuler and Weinberger families during the Holocaust. The collection consists of correspondence, printed materials, documents, photographs, genealogical materials such as charts and family trees, stammbuch (most likely belonging to Helen Altschuler), and a handwritten cookbook.
Arrangement
The collection consists of a single series::
- Altschuler family
- Altschuler, Helen
- Altschuler, Otto, 1920-
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Czech Republic
- Emigration and immigration
- Germany
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Official documents
- Photographs
- Printed materials
- United States
- Vienna (Austria)
- Weinberger family
- Weinberger, Guglielmo, -1941
- Title
- Guide to the Altschuler and Weinberger Family Collection 1884-2007 bulk 1930s-1990s AR 25333
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Illich Sklar
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Made possible by the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support "Illuminating Hidden Collections at the Center for Jewish History"
Revision Statements
- February 04, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
