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Ginsberg family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2013.177.1

Consists of original copies of birth certificates issued in 1941 for Helga Sara Gappe (born in 1920 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany) and for Szymon Icyk Ginsberg (born in 1911 in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland), Poland). Ginsberg's birth certificate consists of a handwritten Russian original and typed German translation. Also includes a small booklet issued by the Commune de Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode in Belgium recording the marriage of Ginsberg and Gappe in 1939.

Date
inclusive:  1939-1941
Language
German
Russian
French
Genre/Form
Birth certificates.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Suzana Julis

About This Document

Document Creator
Szymon Ginsberg
Biography
Szymon Icyk Ginsberg was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland) on May 31, 1906 (possibly 1911). In 1939, he married Helga Gappe (who was born in Berlin on October 12, 1920) in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode near Brussels, Belgium. The couple escaped to Portugal in 1940 and later to Brazil.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Suzana Julis donated her parents' papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:11:54
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