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Ernst Weiss
No full textDigital ImageThe Austrian author Ernst Weiss was born in 1882 in Brno. He died 1940 in Paris
Der Zug : Blätter des II. Zuges im Blau-Weiss Leipzig.
No full text"Der Zug" was the newsletter of the second unit of the local “Blau-Weiss” (“blue-white”) organization in Leipzig. “Blau-Weiss” was a Zionist youth movement developed as an alternative to the "Wandervogel,” the German nationalist movement from which Jews were often excluded. “Blau-Weiss” groups cultivated a love of the German fatherland along with being a Jewish. In addition to trips and social meetings, members of “Blau-Weiss” celebrated Jewish holidays outdoors, and learned Jewish folksongs and the Hebrew language.Recataloging - edited recordDescription based on issue 2 (1925).CATALOGING COMPLETE 20170621. Information verified against digital surrogates.Digital imag
Harvey Weiss Correspondence
No full textEntries include a typed letter from the Maine State Library to New York children\u27s book author Harvey Weiss introducing the Maine Author Collection and notice that a description of his book would appear in Maine Library Association Bulletin, a typed letter from Weiss on personal stationery presenting a copy of Twenty-Four And Stanley, and a typed letter from the Maine State Library concerning the irrepressible Stanley and on receipt of the book for the Maine Author collection
Malcolm E. and Ann E. Weiss Correspondence
No full textEntry is a typed letter of reply from math and science children\u27s book author Malcolm E. Weiss on his personal stationery concerning a request for a copy of his book 666 Jellybeans! All That? for the Maine Author Collection and additionally the attempt of Weiss to send a copy of a Young Math Series book Solomon Grundy, Born on Oneday from the publisher, a defense for an overdue book, and a list of books written by his wife, history and social studies children\u27s author Ann E. Weiss as well as a list of his own titles at this time
Nathan Weiss Graduate College
No full textLocated in the Township of Hillside, The Nathan Weiss Building is on the East Campus of Kean University and is named for a former college president Nathan Weiss.
This building is the home of the Nathan Weiss Graduate College.Original file name 1525080829080032920%20copy.jp
Martin Weiss: A Survivor's Story
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Religion - Videos - Martin Weiss: A Survivor's Story." Martin Weiss describes his personal experience of the second World War and the Jewish holocaust and expresses his hope for a more tolerant future.Divinity Schoo
Theodore Weiss
No full textTheodore Weiss giving a reading at Bard College, 1969. Audio quality poor. Weiss reads and discusses various poems, including works about fire, Alexandria, and personal experiences. He reflects on themes of mortality, exploration, and human connection, interspersing commentary with recitations of verse.https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/poetry_at_bard/1180/thumbnail.jp
Paul Edward Weiss
No full textPaul Edward Weiss, a Palo Alto resident and retired Chevrolet car dealer, died on Aug. 25 of heart failure while on vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 90. He was born on Oct. 6, 1924, in Chicago to Morton and Edna Weiss. He studied and graduated at the University of Chicago Laboratories High School, before enlisting at age 18 in the U.S. Navy. He served during World War II on a Landing Craft Infantry Flotilla Flagship in the Pacific Ocean, and he earned five distinctions as radar man second class, including a Bronze Service Star. With the help of the G.I. Bill, he attended the University of Chicago, earning a degree in business. After working briefly as a door-to-door salesman, he joined Midway Chevrolet, an agency in Chicago co-founded by his father. In 1953, he married Barbara, with whom he had three children. The family moved west in 1968 so Paul could start a Chevrolet franchise in Cupertino. After residing in Saratoga, they moved to Los Altos Hills in 1974. Paul operated Key Chevrolet for 20 years before retiring and selling the dealership. In 2004, Paul and Barbara relocated to downtown Palo Alto. For over 40 years, Paul participated actively in the Rotary Club of Cupertino as a Paul Harris Fellow, and in 2011, he went with the group to Mexico to provide wheelchairs to the needy. In his retirement, he and Barbara traveled together, played golf and became involved in a variety of causes and activities. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Weiss of Palo Alto his daughter, Linda (Mark) Moulding of San Carlos sons, Richard (Nancy) Weiss of Los Altos Hills and Mark (Terry) Weiss of Palo Alto and two grandsons, Jon and Aaron Lipinski. He is also survived by his sister, Barbara Blumfield of Sarasota, Florida, and several cousins, including Mark Levi of Los Altos and Victor Levi of San Rafael
Gertrude Weiss Collection 2001-2003
No full textThe collection contains a questionnaire filled out by Gertrude Weiss regarding her life in Austria before World War II,
emigration from Austria to the United States, and life in the United States. Also included is an article about Weiss and other Jewish
refugees that immigrated to the United States as children; and letter to Weiss regarding her parents' deaths in the Riga
ghetto.Gertrude Weiss née Kobler was born on March 26, 1927, in Vienna. In August 1939, she immigrated to the United States
via Rotterdam with her brother and two sisters.An inventory is available in the folderAustrian Heritage CollectionProcessed for digitizatio
Letter from George Weiss, December 3, 1967
No full textLetter from George Weiss to Fayez Sayegh, December 3, 1967, regarding his appearance on the David Susskind show and the Arab-Israeli conflict
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