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Archivo de Maximiliano Lipsitz (Menajem Mendl Bar Gitman)

Document | Accession Number: 2018.6.1 | RG Number: RG-72.033

Records from the legal office of Mr. José Moskovits, a Holocaust survivor and attorney in Buenos Aires. This collection contains the personal documents and obituaries of Maximiliano Lipsitz (Menajem Mendl bar Gitma) published in the "Registro civil de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Familia." Buenos Aires, 1947. He was a Jewish survivor, a leader and activist in Jewish community in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He arrived to Argentina in 1947.

Alternate Title
Maximiliano Lipsitz (Menajem Mendl Bar Gitman)
Date
inclusive:  1947-1968
Language
Spanish
Yiddish
Genre/Form
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Marriage certificates.
Obituaries.
Passports.
Extent
85 digital images : TIFF ; 491 GB .
Credit Line
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

About This Document

Document Creator
Maximiliano Lipsitz
Biography
Maximiliano Lipsitz (Menajem Mendl bar Gitma) was born in Kielce, Poland on December 28, 1910 and died January 16, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He participated in the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto in the Polish underground army conmmanded by Bor Komorowski. In addition to fighting, he managed to save a group of children who he hid in the Aryan side. He arrived in Argentina in 1947. He married Herta Lange and they had two sons Cecilia Florencia and Eugenio Gabriel. In Argentina, he was secretary of Sherit Hapleita, leader of the local Ajdut Haavoda party and activist of the VarshePrague Fareyn.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in one series: 1. "Registro Civil de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Familia." Buenos Aires, 1947 (Civil Registry of the City of Buenos Aires). Maximiliano (Mendel) Lipsitz. Family: Lipsitz-Lange.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Yiṿo in Argenṭine
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Yiṿo in Argenṭine (Fundación IWO). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in January 2018.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use
Duplication of microfilms/scans for third parties and commercial use including publication of documents requires the written permission of Fundación IWO

Copyright Holder
Yiṿo in Argenṭine
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:17:00
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