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Julius and Helen K. Weil were German-born Jews who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941 where their achievements in geriatric
social work earned them national recognition. Julius served as executive director (1941-1968), and Helen as director of social
services (1943-1968), at Montefiore Home, an old age home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They then joined the staff of the Cornelius
Schnurmann House, a housing community for senior citizens in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, as executive director and social services
director. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence (in English and German), family records, patents,
a doctoral dissertation, writings, and restitution claims. The family records, in German, for the Kahn and Weil families include
inofrmation on births and deaths, a list of Holocaust victims, and a Weil family history. The restitution claims files cover
claims made to the Federal German Republic by Helen and Julus Weil, and by Hermine Cahn, Helen's sister, for losses suffered
in Germany during the government of the National Socialists.
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