Larry Shalit (Schalyt-Tykotzki) family archive

Identifier
irn561885
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.603.1
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1968
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn561885

Extent and Medium

box

1

Creator(s)

  • Shalit family

Biographical History

Alexander Shalit (born Alexander Schalyt) was born on 13 August 1895 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Vitebsk, Belarus). He had at least one brother, Norman. His family immigrated to Bialystok, Poland around 1900, and moved to the Free City of Danzig after World War I. He was a furrier by trade, and eventually moved to Berlin, Germany. Alexander married Sima Tykotzki (1898-1968), and their son Larry (1924-2009) was born on 22 October 1924. Disturbed by the rise of Nazism, the Shalits moved to Brussels, Belgium in 1933, and immigrated to the United States in 1934. They settled in Detroit, Michigan in 1935. During the 1930s and 1940s, the Shalits corresponded with other family members, including Sima’s relatives in the Tucker family (originally Tykotzki) in England and France. During World War II, Larry served in the United States Army from 1943-1946.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nancy Silver Shalit

Gift of Nancy Silver Shalit, 2015.

Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence, immigration papers, residence permits, identification papers and other related documentation regarding the immigration of Alexander and Sima Shalit, and their son Larry, from Berlin, Germany to the United States in 1934. Also included is earlier documentation from Russia (their country of origin), photographs, and correspondence and immigration documents from other relatives in Europe. Additionally, there is correspondence between Larry Shalit and his parents while he served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as three series: Series 1: Biographical material, 1918-1968; Series 2: Immigration, 1921-1945; Series 3: Correspondence, 1928-1967.

People

  • Shalit, Larry, 1924-2009.
  • Shalit, Sima, 1898-1968.
  • Shalit, Alexander, 1895-1982.
  • Shalit family

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army

Subjects

  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Jewish businesspeople--Germany--Berlin.
  • Emigration and immigration--Belgium.
  • Brussels (Belgium)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Emigration and immigration--United States.

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.

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