Lena Lipchiz papers

Identifier
irn73107
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.445.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Lena Lipchiz was born Lena Kleber in Ksawerów, Poland and had at least one full sister, Basia Baumgarten (Bajmgarten). Their mother died young, and they lived in Lodz with their father, his second wife, and their half siblings including Mendel Isaac Kleber. Lena Lipchiz immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Basia Baumgarten was in a sanitorium in Chojny in 1938 and in the Lodz ghetto along with relative A. Dziaba in 1940. Lena and Basia’s half brother Isaac survived forced labor in Russia and spent time in the UNRRA displaced persons camp at Grugliasco after the war.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ethel McClatchey

Ethel McClatchey donated the Lena Lipchiz papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

The Lena Lipchiz papers document relatives of Lena Lipchiz who remained in Poland when she immigrated to the United States. Records include one 1920 photograph of Moryc Baumgarten in Łódz; an admission card allowing Basia Baumgarten visitors at a Chojny sanitorium; a 1940 letter from Basia in Łódz to Lena in New York; a 1940 postcard from A. Dziaba in the Łódz ghetto to Lena; and a 1946 postcard and empty 1947 envelope from Isak Kleber in the UNRRA DP camp at Grugliasco to Lena.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a single file.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Shannon McClatchey

People

Subjects

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.