Weiss family papers
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Weiss family papers
Zygfryd (later Stephen) Weiss (1904-1988) was born in Bielsko, Poland and worked as an engineer. In 1932 he married Stefania Marta (later Greta) (Zelaznik) Weiss (1908-2002), a seamstress and designer. Their daughter, Ruth, was born in 1935 in Kraków, Poland. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, the family fled from Bielsko to the Soviet Union. In 1940, they were deported to Siberia and imprisoned in Yakutsk. They were temporarily released, but were recaptured shortly after in Uzbekistan. After the war they returned to Poland in 1946. Frederick Weiss, Zygfyd’s bother, arranged for Zygfryd, Stefania, and Ruth’s immigration to the United Stated through Sweden in 1947.
Weiss family papers