Four Jewish displaced persons lounge at the bottom of a grassy field.
Overview
- Caption
- Four Jewish displaced persons lounge at the bottom of a grassy field.
Pictured are Dr. Genishevitz (second from left), his wife Ellis (far right), and two of their friends.
Dr. Genishevitz, a partisan, studied dentistry for four years in Germany before becoming accredited and immigrating to the United States. He said he wanted to avenge the German who had killed his father, and he managed to do so. - Date
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1945 - 1950
- Locale
- Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rina Singer
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Rina Singer
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Rina Altbeker (later Singer) is the daughter of Josef and Ada Altbeker. She was born on January 9, 1930 in Warsaw where her father imported and exported watches. The family lived a comfortable life together in Warsaw, and Rina attended the largest private Jewish school in the city. About a year after the start of World War II, the family was forced to move to the newly created Warsaw ghetto. After surviving two years in the ghetto, the family was smuggled to the Aryan side of Warsaw with the help of false papers. They survived by pawning their jewelry and other valuables for money and food. Soon after liberation, Rina immigrated to Palestine in 1945.
Ruth Altbeker Cyprys, Rina's aunt, also moved to the Warsaw ghetto in October 1940 together with her young daughter, Eva. Her husband who had been in eastern Poland was arrested by the Soviets and deported to Siberia. Expulsions of Jews from the ghetto began July 1, 1942. Ruth and Eva managed to escape several selections, but eventually were placed on a train to Treblinka. While on the train, Ruth cut through several metal bars of the train and jumped out; she had bribed fellow passengers to throw Eva out after her as well. After regaining consciousness and recovering her injured daughter, Ruth and Eva returned to Warsaw. Ruth assumed the identity of Marianna Lukaszewska, an Aryan schoolteacher, and eventually gave Eva to a farming family in Zakopane. Ruth often changed jobs and areas of employment, but she, her husband George, and Eva all survived the war.
Rina Altbeker (later Singer) was born January 9, 1930 in Warsaw to Josef and Ada Altbeker. Josef was an importer/exporter of watches, and the family lived a comfortable life together in Warsaw. Rina attended the largest private Jewish school in Warsaw until the family was collectively sent to the ghetto. They spent two years in the ghetto, at the end of which they were smuggled to the Aryan side of Warsaw with the help of false papers. The family survived by pawning their jewelry and other valuables for money and food. After surviving the war as an Aryan, Rina immigrated to Palestine in 1945.
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