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Creator
Weiss, Mary Löwenkopf, 1925-1973
Call number
**P (Lowenkopf Weiss)
Physical description
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
Language
Materials are primarily in German. Some documents are in Dutch
Preferred Citation

Mary Löwenkopf Weiss Papers, Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Dorot Jewish Division
Access to materials
Restricted access.

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.

Biographical/historical information

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.

Scope and arrangement

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.

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.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged chronologically. Photographs are labeled by year and location, according to manuscript notes on each photograph's verso.

Using the collection

Location

Dorot Jewish Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
First Floor, Room 111

Access to materials

Restricted access.