Rina Altbeker poses with her aunt, Ruth Cyprys, and other friends and family at Ruth's summer villa at or near the start of the war.
Overview
- Caption
- Rina Altbeker poses with her aunt, Ruth Cyprys, and other friends and family at Ruth's summer villa at or near the start of the war.
- Date
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1939
- Locale
- Poland?
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rina Singer
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Rina Singer
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- 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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