us-005578-irn514924
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn514924/acquisitions/1
has or had some members with language: eng
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1942-01-01
record resource structure: The Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport photograph collection is arranged in a single series.
biographical history: Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport was born on May 30, 1930 in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. She was the youngest daughter of Majer Szpigelman, who was an owner of a coalmine in a nearby town of Strzemieszyce. Her mother, Etel Rapaport Szpigelman took care of her seven children: Menachem Manek; Chana Szaindl called big Sala (Sala duża); Fela Fajgl; Chaja Sara called little Sala (Sala mała); Zosia Zisl; Lodzia Liebl and Ruchl, the donor. The family lived in a corner house on Sobieskiego and 3-go Maja Streets. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 they were forced to move to a house on Żeromskiego Street, where they lived until winter of 1943, when they were forced to move to the Środula ghetto. On August 1, 1943 the Germans liquidated the ghetto and four of Rachel’s sisters: Chana Sheindl, Fela, Chaja Sara and Zosia were deported to the Auschwitz death camp where they perished. Lodzia was taken to a labor camp Ober Altstadt and Rachel, her parents and her brother Manek managed to escape the deportation place in the ghetto. At first they hid in the abandoned “ohel” grave of a Rabbi at the Jewish cemetery. They stayed there until Rachel was sent to see the family’s former maid, Janka Frydrych in Gołonóg, near Dąbrowa Górnicza. Janka lived in one room apartment, which she gave to the Szpigelman family and she moved to another location. Rachel, who was a blond and looked “Aryan”, was often sent on errands to buy food and exchange US dollars for German marks. The family had to move often, sometimes living in abandoned houses or at the cemetery. Often times they were discovered by Polish passersby but were not denounced. In the fall of 1944 Manek found employment, posing as a Pole. His co-worker, Mr. Kune, a Silesian, took the family in, as he expected the Russians to liberate the area soon. The Szpigelman family lived with Kune for two months – November and December 1944. They pretended to be refugees from Warsaw. In December 1944 they had to flee again, as the fear …
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn514924
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
type: RecordSet
scope and content: The Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport photograph collection consists of photographs depicting the Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport, her sisters, and mother during and after the war; and one vintage portrait photocopy print of four of the Rachel's sisters, who perished in Auschwitz, and of her father, who died six weeks before the liberation. The photographs were taken in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn514924/alternateIDs/1
record resource extent: folder 1
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/904
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/819
title: Rachel Szpigelman Rappaport collection