Lipski family collection

Identifier
irn501778
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0205
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1968
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501778

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Nechamia (Ida) Glezer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 27, 1997. She is the executor of the Lipski estate. The photographs were officially added to the collection on Feb. 8, 2005.

Scope and Content

Consists the personal papers of Wlodzimierz (Vladimir) Lipski and Debora Lipski, originally of Vilno; papers document the Lipskis' movements around Europe after the war which include work in Poland and Italy, residence in France, and emigration to the United States; correspondence and statements describe Lipski's Holocaust experiences. Also contains pre-war, wartime, and post-war photographs of the Lipskis and post-war photographs taken at an ORT facility where Vladimire was employed, 1945-1951. Also includes photographs of the family of Hersch and Berta Raskin. Mrs. Raskin was the aunt of Debora Lipski.

Genre

  • Document
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