Object numberM2000/033:007
DescriptionCollection of 39 photographs depicting family scenes as well as the grave of Genia Weltzmann, born 12.12.1926 died 30.11.1949. Surname spelled Weltzmann on the tombstone and Welzmann on the documents.
Part of a collection of material from the Consulate General of Israel in Sydney that was sent to the Consulate by a funeral home in Victoria. The items belonged to Mr Jakob Welzmann, deceased, who had requested that his belongings be sent to a museum. Mr Welzmann's family, many of whom are featured in the photo albums, perished in the Holocaust. He was married to Genia Welzmann (nee Hammer), born 12 December 1926 in Lodz, died 30 November 1949, age 23. She is buried in Germany - her tombstone reads in German: ‘Here rests in peace our most loved wife and mother. You may rest in peace. We are left with pain.’
Jakob was born in 1920 in Munden and later lived in Moosburg, Germany; he was registered as a shoemaker. He and Genia survived the war; Jakob by virtue of being a shoemaker. He migrated to Australia (arrived 28 May 1950, aged 30, on the Napoli from Genoa with assistance from the Jewish Welfare Society; NAA records). He passed away in 1997. No further information is known about this family.
The photo albums contain family photographs. Some images are immediately post-war, for example, a photo of an unidentified mother and baby dated 1947; a photo of a child with four candles on her cake and the words, ‘Happy birthday Joy’; a child, presumably Joy, lighting a home-made Channukiah (made with bottle tops). Rosh Hashana greeting cards are scattered throughout the album; there is a photo of a Zionist meeting with Israeli flag and portrait of Herzl. A letter from K. Hoffmann in Munich, dated December 1950, advises Jacob Welzmann that the burial place of his wife is adorned with flowers and they have burned two candles. Miss Braun, Mrs Schenk and Mrs Neuberger visted his wife's grave. Mrs Schenk cried a lot – this would have been on the occasion of the first yahrzheit.
Part of a collection of material from the Consulate General of Israel in Sydney that was sent to the Consulate by a funeral home in Victoria. The items belonged to Mr Jakob Welzmann, deceased, who had requested that his belongings be sent to a museum. Mr Welzmann's family, many of whom are featured in the photo albums, perished in the Holocaust. He was married to Genia Welzmann (nee Hammer), born 12 December 1926 in Lodz, died 30 November 1949, age 23. She is buried in Germany - her tombstone reads in German: ‘Here rests in peace our most loved wife and mother. You may rest in peace. We are left with pain.’
Jakob was born in 1920 in Munden and later lived in Moosburg, Germany; he was registered as a shoemaker. He and Genia survived the war; Jakob by virtue of being a shoemaker. He migrated to Australia (arrived 28 May 1950, aged 30, on the Napoli from Genoa with assistance from the Jewish Welfare Society; NAA records). He passed away in 1997. No further information is known about this family.
The photo albums contain family photographs. Some images are immediately post-war, for example, a photo of an unidentified mother and baby dated 1947; a photo of a child with four candles on her cake and the words, ‘Happy birthday Joy’; a child, presumably Joy, lighting a home-made Channukiah (made with bottle tops). Rosh Hashana greeting cards are scattered throughout the album; there is a photo of a Zionist meeting with Israeli flag and portrait of Herzl. A letter from K. Hoffmann in Munich, dated December 1950, advises Jacob Welzmann that the burial place of his wife is adorned with flowers and they have burned two candles. Miss Braun, Mrs Schenk and Mrs Neuberger visted his wife's grave. Mrs Schenk cried a lot – this would have been on the occasion of the first yahrzheit.
Production date 1947
Object namephotographs
Materialpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper
Dimensions
- width: 80.00 mm
height: 35.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jonathan Milner, Consulate General of Israel