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Szpitalnik family papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.221.1

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Overview

Description: The collection includes immigration material, identification document, biographical material, and photographs including documents issued to Rubin Szpitalnik, Lisette Hirsch's father, by the French government after the war recognizing his experiences during the Holocaust in France, Auschwitz, and Mauthausen. Other documents include a Ketubah issued to Rubin Szpitalnik and his bride Miriam Wald on December 31, 1939 in Paris and a Polish passport as well as a collection of photographs depicting the Szpitalnik family in Warsaw, Poland including Rubin Spitalnik, his wife Margula Wald Szpitalnik, and their daughter Lisette during the war, in hiding, and after the war in Paris.
Date: inclusive: circa 1930-1989
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisette and Michele Hirsch
Collection Creator: Rubin Szpitalnik
Biography: Rubin Szpitalnik (Szpitalnic, 1909-1988) was born on October 15, 1909 in Warsaw, Poland to Majer (1876-1942) and Sura Laja (1874-1942) and had two siblings: Aharon (1896-1920) and Ita (d. 1942). Rubin married Madeleine Maragula (Miriam) Wald (1914-2012) and had one daughter. They immigrated to the United States in 1958.

Physical Details

Language: French Polish Hebrew English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
Geographic Name: United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
Personal Name: Szpitalnik, Rubin.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Lisette Hirsch donated the Szpitalnik family papers to the United States Holocaust Museum in 2013.

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