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archival history: The dictionary was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Manfred Weidhorn.
biographical history: Manfred Weidhorn was born on 10 October 1931 in Vienna, Austria to Aron and Anne Weidhorn. His father, Aron Weidhorn (1900-1948), was born in Rava-Ruska, Galicia (Rava-Ruska, Ukraine) to Peisach Weidhorn and Juette Freude. His family was Orthodox, and his father taught Hebrew at a yeshiva. He had an older brother and two sisters. As a young man, Aron lived in the Hague, Netherlands for three years where he was a Hebrew teacher. He moved to Vienna in 1930. Manfred’s mother, Anne Ratze Weidhorn (née Chana Gelber, 1909-2008), was born in Rava-Ruska to Elias Gelber (b. 1879) and Neschi Kurzer Spritzer (b. 1876). Her family was Orthodox, and her father owned a clothing factory. She had two sisters: Frieda and Renee. Manfred’s parents met and married in Vienna in 1930, and he was born a year later. Aron became a business partner of his father-in-law. In 1935 Aron moved to Palestine with the intention of starting a fur business there. His family joined him in March 1936 and they lived in Haifa, Palestine (Haifa, Israel) until 1937. The family returned to Vienna, but Aron soon moved to Paris to set up a fur business there. Manfred and his mother lived with her parents in Vienna, with the idea they would join Aron in Paris after the business was established. After the German annexation of Austria in March 1938, Manfred, his mother, and her parents fled to Paris to be reunited with Aron. Aron planned to immigrate to the United States with the help of relatives in the U.S., and then bring his family over. In August 1939 the family moved to Antwerp, Belgium. On 30 December 1939, Aron boarded the Henry Jasper and sailed to the United States using a business visa obtained while in Paris. He settled in the Bronx, New York and lived with Anne’s cousin Anshel Berger, whom he also worked for. Manfred and Anne remained in Antwerp with family until the German invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940. They fled the city with relatives. Manfred’s relatives later returned to Antwerp, but he and…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: French-Spanish dictionary
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: after 1940
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: spa
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn736566
is or was included in: us-005578-irn736561
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scope and content: Miniature dictionary, Le tout-petit dictionnaire Francais-Espagnol, used by the Weidhorn family after they escaped Antwerp in 1940. The dictionary was published in Paris. The dictionary is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Manfred Weidhorn and his family after they escaped Antwerp in 1940 and went to Paris and Spain before settling in New York.
title: Miniature dictionary, Le tout-petit dictionnaire Francais-Espagnol, used by the Weidhorn family