The bulk of this collection consists of genealogical research materials about George Vladar's maternal side, the Jewish families Biheller from Cieszyn (Teschen), Poland and Perl/ Tugenthat from Bielsko-Biala (Poland), and on his paternal side, the non-Jewish Hungarian family Vladar and the non- Jewish Austrian Family Bittermann (various spellings) and Muehler (various spellings). The collection consists of numerous family trees, birth and death certificates, school reports, and a correspondence of Vladar's Grandparents Joseph Biheller and Marie, née Perl

The George Vladar Collection contains the results of fourteen years of genealogical research

Series I consists mostly of family trees put together by George Vladar, and other information about both his paternal and maternal side, dating back to the 17th Century. Material about and correspondence with the origins of the different family branches can be found in Series II. Series III mostly contains genealogical research correspondence with various institutions

George Vladar was born in Vienna in 1923 to Karl and Margarete Marie Bittermann, née Biheller. Margarete Biheller converted to Christianity in 1913, and because of this managed to survive the Nazi period protected in a "mixed marriage" in Vienna. After the Second World War George Vladar immigrated to Canada

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