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Ginsberg family papers

Document | Accession Number: 2013.177.1

Date: 1939-1941 (inclusive)
Language: German
Russian
French
Extent: 3 documents.
1 booklet.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Suzana Julis

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.
Topical Term: Emigration and immigration--Brazil--1940-1950.
Geographic Name: Brussels (Belgium)
Personal Name: Ginsberg, Szymon.
Ginsberg, Helga.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Suzana Julis donated her parents' papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-02-06 14:43:14
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59170

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