Helena Rubinstein affidavit

Identifier
irn44963
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.59.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn44963

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Tovim

Ruth Tovim donated this document to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museumi n 2012. Rubin Lewinson was her paternal great-uncle.

Scope and Content

Consists of one typed affidavit, in English, dated May 27, 1941, attesting that Helena Rubinstein (born Helena Gourielli), president of the cosmetics company Helena Rubinstein, Inc., was submitting the affidavit in support of the immigration of Rubin and Dina Lewinson, who where then in Cannes, France. The affidavit lists other refugees sponsored by Ms. Rubinstein and describes her means to support them should they be given American visas. The Lewinsons did not ultimately immigrate to the United States, though they did survive the war.

Genre

  • Document
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