Frida Gefen family papers

Identifier
irn523589
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.257.1
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Frida Gefen (née Szmulowicz) is the daughter of Jacob and Liba Szmulowicz of Lida, Lithuania (Lida, Belarus). She had two brothers: Eliezer and Samuel. Jacob and Samuel fled Lithuania in September 1939. They secured Japanese travel visas to Curacao from Japanese Counxul Chiune Sugihara and went to Shanghai, where they remained until 1947. Frida, Liba, and Eliezer were deported to Siberia in April 1940. Frida married Aba Weinstein in 1947 in Salzburg, Austria, and they immigratedt to Palestine in February 1948.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frida Gefen

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Frida Gefen.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding the Holocaust experiences of Jacob Szmulowicz who fled Lida, Lithuania (Lida, Belarus) with his son Samuel to Shanghai in 1939. His wife Liba, daughter Frida, and son Eliezer were deported to Siberia in 1940.

System of Arrangement

The collections is arranged as a single folder.

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Genre

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