us-005578-irn50913
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Rubin Szpitalnik (Szpitalnic, 1909-1988) was born on October 15, 1909 in Warsaw, Poland to Majer (1876-1942) and Sura Laja (1874-1942) and had two siblings: Aharon (1896-1920) and Ita (d. 1942). Rubin married Madeleine Maragula (Miriam) Wald (1914-2012) and had one daughter. They immigrated to the United States in 1958.
date: circa 1930-1989
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: pol
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn50913
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection includes immigration material, identification document, biographical material, and photographs including documents issued to Rubin Szpitalnik, Lisette Hirsch's father, by the French government after the war recognizing his experiences during the Holocaust in France, Auschwitz, and Mauthausen. Other documents include a Ketubah issued to Rubin Szpitalnik and his bride Miriam Wald on December 31, 1939 in Paris and a Polish passport as well as a collection of photographs depicting the Szpitalnik family in Warsaw, Poland including Rubin Spitalnik, his wife Margula Wald Szpitalnik, and their daughter Lisette during the war, in hiding, and after the war in Paris.
title: Szpitalnik family papers