Collection of documents of Yosef and Joana Weintraub and their extended family. Prague, 1935-1947.
The collection contains: birth certificates, marriage, studies, passports etc. handwritten letters, German and Czech. The letters reflect the horrors of the Holocaust, and the events that befell the family members in the various places to which they were sent. The collection is unique because of the documents which portray the upheavals of life and rule, from the Austro-Hungarian government, through the Czech Republic, and the Nazi rule: a passport enabling a woman to visit her husband serving in the army in Bosnia; documents from the Nazi rule, testifying participation in courses in preparation for immigration, etc. Total of approximately 60 items. Various sizes and conditions.