Ann Weiss

Background

Weiss, Ann was born on July 17, 1949 in Modena, Italy. Came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1959. Daughter of Leo and Athalie Weiss.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude in English Literature and Education, University Rochester, 1971. Master of Arts summa cum laude in Information Science, Drexel University, 1973. Master of Arts in Communications, University Pennsylvania, 1994.

Doctor of Philosophy in Education Leadership, Education, Culture and Society, University Pennsylvania, 2006.

Career

Editor, chief consultant monographs, articles, freelance photographer, since 1974; cataloguer, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1971-1973; library, Akiba Lower School, Merion, Pennsylvania, 1973; head children's department, Tredyffrin Public Library., Strafford, Pennsylvania, 1973-1979; co-head reference department, Tredyffrin Public Library., Strafford, Pennsylvania, 1979-1987. Consultant in education and libraries Gulf Arab States Edition and Research Center United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,1977-, consultant Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, P'nai or Fellowship, 1987-1988. Photojournalist in Eastern Europe, mainly Poland, Ukraine and Czechoslovakia, since 1987.

Member editorial board Studies of Shoah, since 1991. Primary investigator Holocaust research team University of Pennsylvania, Transcending Trauma: Psychological Mechanism of Survival, since 1989. Executive director Eyes From the Ashes, since 1988, curator, since 1995.

Facilitator/organizer Intercultural Dialogue and Understanding, since 1990.

Achievements

• Ann Weiss has been listed as a notable association director, photographer, writer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

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  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau

    ( In October of 1986, Ann Weiss entered a locked room at ...)

  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-birkenau

    (In this revised edition of The Last Album there are over ...)

  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Ann Weiss (2005-10-01)
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau Hardcover January, 2001
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Ann Weiss (2005) Hardcover
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Weiss, Ann (2001) Hardcover
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau Hardcover October 1, 2005
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Ann Weiss (2001-01-23)
  • The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Membership

Active Southern Poverty Law Center, Common Cause, promoting dialogue and understanding between Jews and Arabs, Jews and Poles. Active Council for Soviet Jews, International Network Children Holocaust Survivors. Photographer Bob Edgar's Campaign United States Senate, 1985-1986, David Landau's Congressional Campaign, 1986.

Member 2d generation advisory council United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, since 1995. Founder, director Eyes from the Ashes Educational Foundation, 2005. Member American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization of Women, SANE, Free Wallenberg Alliance, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Doctors Without Borders, Democratic National Committee, Sierra Club, Shefa Fund.

Connections

Children: Julia Emily, Rebecca Lauren.

Father:

Leo Weiss

Mother:

Athalie Weiss

child:

Rebecca Lauren Weiss

child:

Julia Emily Weiss