Szpitalnik family papers

Identifier
irn50913
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.221.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Polish
  • Hebrew
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Rubin Szpitalnik (Szpitalnic, 1909-1988) was born on October 15, 1909 in Warsaw, Poland to Majer (1876-1942) and Sura Laja (1874-1942) and had two siblings: Aharon (1896-1920) and Ita (d. 1942). Rubin married Madeleine Maragula (Miriam) Wald (1914-2012) and had one daughter. They immigrated to the United States in 1958.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisette and Michele Hirsch

Lisette Hirsch donated the Szpitalnik family papers to the United States Holocaust Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

The collection includes immigration material, identification document, biographical material, and photographs including documents issued to Rubin Szpitalnik, Lisette Hirsch's father, by the French government after the war recognizing his experiences during the Holocaust in France, Auschwitz, and Mauthausen. Other documents include a Ketubah issued to Rubin Szpitalnik and his bride Miriam Wald on December 31, 1939 in Paris and a Polish passport as well as a collection of photographs depicting the Szpitalnik family in Warsaw, Poland including Rubin Spitalnik, his wife Margula Wald Szpitalnik, and their daughter Lisette during the war, in hiding, and after the war in Paris.

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.