Frima Laub papers
Extent and Medium
folder
oversize folder
1
1
Creator(s)
- Frima Laub
Biographical History
Frima Laub (nee Gleiser) was born on January 15, 1936, in Pidvolochysʹk, Ukraine (formerly Podwołoczyska, Poland). She had a brother and two sisters. She survived the Holocaust in hiding on the farm of a Christian family. She was liberated by the Russians. She lived in the Schlüpfing (Pocking) displaced persons camp and then Vollstedt, Germany. The immigrated to Havana, Cuba in 1948, and later to the United States. She married Herman Laub (Laube) in 1960.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Frima Laub donated the Frima Laub papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
Scope and Content
The Frima Laub papers consist of photographs of Frima Gleiser (later Frima Laub) taken in 1945 and 1947. Four of the photographs were taken at the Schlüpfing displaced persons camp in Bavaria, Germany and shows Frima with an unidentified friend. Also included is a poster featuring a photograph of Frima and announcing a performance sponsored by the Association of Jewish Women in Havana, Cuba, in 1949.
System of Arrangement
The Firma Laub papers is arranged in a single series.