Gisela A. WeilCollection 1829-2005 bulk 1933-1985

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Gisela A. WeilCollection 1829-2005 bulk 1933-1985

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The Gisela A. WeilFamily Collection holds papers of several branches of the family. Prominentlyfeatured are papers of members of the Meyer, Weil, Warburg and Melchior families.These papers provide glimpses into family members' lives along with somebiographical details on them. The collection includes correspondence; many articlesand clippings; official papers; educational certificates; family narratives and afew family trees and photographs.

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Warburg, Eric M.

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Warburg family

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Weil, Erwin

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M.M. Warburg & Co.

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Meyer, Olga

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Weil, Gisela A.

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Olga Meyer was the daughter of Willy Elkan and Elsa Warburg Elkan. Following the death of Willy Elkan, Elsa married her second husband George Melchior in 1917. In 1920 her daughter Olga married Adolph Meyer; they lived in Hamburg and had two children, Felix and Gisela. Olga and Adolph's son Felix was sent to boarding school (Gordonstoun School) in Scotland in 1937. After completing his education, Felix joined the British Army's Intelligence unit as a translator and inter...

Meyer, Adolf

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Melchior family

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Meyer family

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Warburg, Siegmund, Sir, 1902-1982

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Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna on November 28th, 1881. He was one of the most important German-language authors of his generation. He wrote pieces in several genres, such as prose, poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction. In 1934, Zweig immigrated to Great Britain and became a naturalized citizen in 1940. In the same year, however, he moved to the United States. He settled in Brazil in 1941. It was in Petropolis, Brazil, where he and his second wife Charlotte Altmann committed suici...

Mitchell, Felix

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