us-005578-irn523589
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Frida Gefen (née Szmulowicz) is the daughter of Jacob and Liba Szmulowicz of Lida, Lithuania (Lida, Belarus). She had two brothers: Eliezer and Samuel. Jacob and Samuel fled Lithuania in September 1939. They secured Japanese travel visas to Curacao from Japanese Counxul Chiune Sugihara and went to Shanghai, where they remained until 1947. Frida, Liba, and Eliezer were deported to Siberia in April 1940. Frida married Aba Weinstein in 1947 in Salzburg, Austria, and they immigratedt to Palestine in February 1948.
has beginning date: 1941-01-01
has end date: 1944-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn523589
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collections is arranged as a single folder.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Correspondence regarding the Holocaust experiences of Jacob Szmulowicz who fled Lida, Lithuania (Lida, Belarus) with his son Samuel to Shanghai in 1939. His wife Liba, daughter Frida, and son Eliezer were deported to Siberia in 1940.
title: Frida Gefen family papers