Ginsberg family papers

Identifier
irn59170
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.177.1
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Russian
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59170

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Szymon Ginsberg

Biographical History

Szymon Icyk Ginsberg was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland) on May 31, 1906 (possibly 1911). In 1939, he married Helga Gappe (who was born in Berlin on October 12, 1920) in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode near Brussels, Belgium. The couple escaped to Portugal in 1940 and later to Brazil.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Suzana Julis

Suzana Julis donated her parents' papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of original copies of birth certificates issued in 1941 for Helga Sara Gappe (born in 1920 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany) and for Szymon Icyk Ginsberg (born in 1911 in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland), Poland). Ginsberg's birth certificate consists of a handwritten Russian original and typed German translation. Also includes a small booklet issued by the Commune de Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode in Belgium recording the marriage of Ginsberg and Gappe in 1939.

People

  • Ginsberg, Szymon.
  • Ginsberg, Helga.

Subjects

  • Emigration and immigration--Brazil--1940-1950.
  • Brussels (Belgium)

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.