Greif family papers

Identifier
irn158944
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.490.1
Dates
1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 2009, 1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
  • English
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

oversize folders

1

4

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ignacy Greif (born Ignatz Michel Greif, 1920-2012) was born on 4 September 1920 in Kolomea, Poland (present-day Kolomyia, Ukraine) to Hersch Peretz Greif (1882-1965) and Chaia Itta Stempler (later Klara Stempler Greif, 1881-1946). Hersch and Klara married in Kolomea in 1910. Ignacy had one brother, Maximilian (1912-1980). In the early 1920s, the Greifs moved to Romania. Ignacy went to Bucharest, Romania in 1939 to study electro-mechanical engineering. In 1940 Jews were no longer allowed to attend school. From 1940-1944 he was a forced-laborer in Bucharest. Ignacy resumed his studies in 1945. He graduated in 1948 and married Izi Korn the same year. They had one daughter, Claudia. Both Ignacy and Izi worked as engineers. In 1973 the family immigrated to the United States, settling in San Francisco, California. Izi Greif (born Izi Korn, 1923-2008) was born on 6 May 1923 in Romancăuţi, Romania to Solomon (1899-1983) and Lea (née Koifman, 1897-1967) Korn. She had one brother, Hari Korn (1927-2010). Her family later moved to Piatra Neamț, Romania. She stopped attending high school in 1940 after Jews were no longer allowed to attend. She resumed her schooling in 1945, and studied engineering in Bucharest.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claudia Greif

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claudia Greif and Vladimir Brandwajn

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Claudia Greif. An accretion to the collection was donated by Claudia Greif in 2016.

Scope and Content

The collection documents the pre-war and post-war lives of Ignacy and Izi Greif (née Korn) of Romania. Included are pre-war photographs of the Greif and Korn families in Romania; post-war documents relating to Ignacy and Izi’s engineering education and careers in Romania; naturalization certificates of Ignacy and Izi; and writings of Ignacy’s relative Yehuda Hersch Stempler. Photographs include depictions of Ignacy’s high school classmates in Romania and Izi’s brother Hari.

System of Arrangement

The collection has been arranged as two series: Series 1: Biographical material, 1952-2009; Series 2: Photographs, 1925-1978 and undated

People

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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.