Frajda Tauba Birsztajn papers
Extent and Medium
folders
oversize box
5
1
Creator(s)
- Frajda Birsztajn
Biographical History
Frajda Tauba Birsztajn (Frida, later Frances Karp, 1897-1974) was born in Warsaw, Poland to Icek Birsztejn and his second wife, Aidla Berlandsztein. She had at least five siblings including Rywka (Becky, ?-1984), Leon, Ewa, Thea, and Lola. Frajda married Lajb Karper (later Louis Karp) in 1922 and immigrated to the United State in 1930, but her mother and their extended families remained in Warsaw. She entered the country via Havana and they lived in Chicago until 1935 when they settled in New York. Frajda later learned that her extended family, including those with the surnames Szer, Szerman, Weintal, and Aszersohn, perished in the Holocaust. Frajda and Lajb had a daughter, Helen Karp (later Helen Ferszt).
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Ferszt
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Ferszt
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Helen Ferszt. The collections numbered 2018.647.1 and 2018.648.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs of the extended family and friends of Frajda Tauba Birsztajn as well as her mother, Aidla Berlandsztein’s family, before, during, and after the war in Poland and the United States. The collection also includes a birth certificate and Polish passport issued to Frajda and an invitation to the wedding of Lola Birsztajn and Mieczslaw Weintal in 1935.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series: Folder 1: Documents: 1929-1935 Folders 2-5 and oversize box 1: Photographs, 1910-1960
People
- Birsztajn, Frajda, 1897-1974.
Subjects
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Jewish families--Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.