Szliferstejn and Mitelsbach family collection
Extent and Medium
box
1
9 microfiche,
Creator(s)
- Joseph Stein
Biographical History
Joseph Szlifersztejn (later Joseph Stein) was the tenth child of Moshe and Rachel Szlifersztejn and was born in Warsaw, Poland circa 1906. Joseph, his wife Tola, and his young daughter immigrated to New York. The remainder of the family was imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto and never escaped. Of Joseph's family in Warsaw, only his nephew Lutek (or Lawrence), son of Joseph's brother David, survived, fleeing to Kiev and later to Luck. In 1941, Lawrence moved east once again to escape the Nazi advance. Captured and consigned to the Sverdlovsk labor camp and then into the Red Army, Lutek contacted his uncle, Joseph Stein, in New York in 1941. After liberation, Joseph Stein helped Lutek immigrate to Sweden, Cuba, and eventually in 1951, to the United States. The exact fate of the Warsaw Szlifersztejns and Mitelsbachs is unknown. All are presumed to have perished during the Holocaust.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Debbi Nadolney
Debbie Nadolney and Arlene Stein donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July, 2002.
Scope and Content
Contains documents pertaining to the Szlifersztejn and Mitelsbach families, living in the Warsaw ghetto from 1939-1941. Primarily contains correspondence written to Joseph and Tola Stein in New York. Also includes a family photo of the Szlifersztejns, several official marriage contracts, a notarized property document, newspaper clippings regarding a member of the family who emigrated to the U.S. and died before the war, and several Red Cross or other official third party inquiries into the well-being of the family.
System of Arrangement
Organized into three series: RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (1938 - June, 1939); RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (July, 1939 - December, 1939); RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (January, 1940 - June 1940); RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (July, 1940 - December, 1940); RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (January, 1941 - June, 1941); RG-10.24801: Family correspondence (July, 1941 - December, 1941, 1943) RG-10.24802: Official 3rd Party Inquiries (Red Cross, HIAS, 1940) RG-10.24803: Miscellaneous (certificates, newspaper clippings, family photo, envelopes, etc.)
Subjects
- Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History.
- Warsaw (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.