Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers

id
4166
origination
Weiss, Mary Löwenkopf, 1925-1973
date statement
1938-1962
key date
1938
identifier (local_mss)
22022
org unit
Dorot Jewish Division
call number
**P (Lowenkopf Weiss)
b-number
b18710627
total components
131
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:58 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:38:26 UTC
status note
(missing)

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unitid
{"value"=>"**P (Lowenkopf Weiss)", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"22022", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/1962", "value"=>"1938-1962"}
date_inclusive_start
1938
date_inclusive_end
1962
keydate
1938
date_start
1938
date_end
1962
unittitle
{"value"=>"Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Dorot Jewish Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers document the years that Mary Löwenkopf, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, spent in The Netherlands during 1938-1946, when, at age 13, she left Nazi-occupied Vienna and settled in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The collection consists of correspondence with family members and friends in Austria and Poland, documents, and photographs of Löwenkopf Weiss' life in The Netherlands. There is also a small number of documents from the 1950s and 1960s, related to Mary Löwenkopf Weiss' application for restitution from the German government. The collection does not include materials from Löwenkopf Weiss' life in Vienna, or in the United States. Materials are arranged chronologically. Photographs are labeled by year and location, according to manuscript notes on each photograph's verso."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials are primarily in German. Some documents are in Dutch"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers, Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Weiss, Mary Löwenkopf, 1925-1973", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Mary Löwenkopf Weiss was born in 1925 in Vienna, Austria. At age 13, in December 1938, she left for The Netherlands on a Kindertransport. There, she stayed in Arnhem until 1942, when she was imprisoned and held in the Westerbork concentration camp. She remained in Westerbork until liberation in 1945, and soon after, in 1946, she migrated to Chicago. In later years she tried, unsuccessfully, to obtain restitution.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers document the years that Mary Löwenkopf, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, spent in The Netherlands during 1938-1946, when at age 13 she left Nazi-occupied Vienna and settled in Arnhem, The Netherlands. She was later held in the Westerbork concentration camp until 1945. After liberation she migrated to Chicago U. S. A. in 1946.</p> <p>The collection consists of correspondence with family members and friends in Austria and Poland, documents, and photographs of Löwenkopf Weiss' life in The Netherlands. There is also a small number of documents from the 1950s and 1960s related to Mary Löwenkopf Weiss' application for restitution from the German government. The collection does not include materials from Löwenkopf Weiss' life in Vienna, or in the United States.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Materials are arranged chronologically. Photographs are labeled by year and location, according to manuscript notes on each photograph's verso.</p>"}
extent_statement
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

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