us-005578-irn622329-irn611783
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as four series. Series 1. Tibor Rubin, 1950-2015 Series 2. Emery and Gloria Rubin, 1947-1949 Series 3. Irene Rubin-Huntly, 1929-1976 Series 4. Joseph Huntly, circa 1928-2014
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history: Ferenc Rubin was a veteran of World War I and worked as a shoemaker with his own store in Pásztó, Hungary. He had six children with three wives. His first wife left him while he was a prisoner of war during World War I and presumed dead. His second wife died of cancer. His third wife was Rosa Appel. His children were Tibor, Emery, Edith, Irene, Ilonka, and Miklós. Emery and his friend Alex left Pásztó for Košice in early 1944 to avoid conscription into a forced-labor battalion. They were arrested after arriving at the Košice train station and sent to a forced-labor camp. Several months later they were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp. Ferenc arranged for his son Tibor Rubin (1929-2015) to leave Pásztó for Switzerland in early March 1944 with several Polish men already on the run from the Nazis. After two weeks, they were arrested by German soldiers in Italy near the Swiss border. They were all deported to Mauthausen. During the winter, Tibor discovered that his brother Emery was also imprisoned there. They were liberated by the United States Army on 5 May 1945. Tibor and Emery returned to Pásztó where they were reunited with their sister Irene. The siblings decided that they needed to leave Hungary and went to the Pocking displaced persons camp in Germany. Tibor immigrated to the United States in 1948 aboard the SS Marine Flasher and settled in New York. He enlisted with the United States Army in 1950, rising to the rank of corporal with 8th Calvary, Regiment, 1st Calvary Division. His unit was deployed to Korea and in October 1950 Tibor was wounded and captured by the Chinese Army. While he was a prisoner of war, he often snuck out of camp to steal food and supplies for his fellow captives despite the risk of getting caught. He also refused offers by the Chinese to be released back to Hungary. Tibor and the other prisoners were freed in late March 1953. He was discharged later that year. Tibor became a naturalized citizen in 1954 and he worked at his b…
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has or had some members with language: yid
has or had some members with language: pol
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
title: Rubin and Huntly families papers
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identifier: irn611783
has or had some members with language: hun
record resource extent: box oversize folder 1 1
has or had some members with language: eng
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scope and content: The collection consists of biographical and identification papers, immigration documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Tibor Rubin, Emery Rubin and his wife Gloria Baker, Irene Rubin-Huntly and her husband Joseph Huntly. Included is material related to Tibor Rubin receiving the Medal of Honor in 2005 for his service and actions as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. Tibor Rubin’s papers primarily relate to him receiving the Medal of Honor in 2005, including ceremony logistics and programs. Correspondence consists of photocopies of letters regarding his service and efforts by Representative Robert Dorman in 1991 to get Tibor the award as well as copies of letters and telegrams to his brother Emery regarding his capture in Korea. Other material includes clippings and programs from later events involving or honoring Tibor, and a copy of the program and eulogy transcript from his funeral. Emery and Gloria Rubin’s correspondence consists of letters exchanged between them between 1947 and 1949, with the bulk of them exchanged after Gloria immigrated to the United States but Emery was still in Germany. The bulk of the letters are in German. There is a small amount of other letters written to Emery and Gloria from friends and family. Irene Rubin Huntly’s papers include identification documents, immigration papers for Canada and the United States, marriage papers, and a wedding portrait of her with Joseph Huntly. The biographical papers include a typed testimonial document with false information used by Irene to assume the identity of a presumed dead Czech woman in order to immigrate to Canada under a Czech quota. Both the testimonial document and her death certificate display her false birthdate and location. Joseph Huntly’s papers consist of identification papers including DP registration documents and birth certificates, employment papers from Germany and the United States, and immigration papers including ship newslett…
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Ms. Debbie R. Huntly-Kessler
date: circa 1928-2015
has or had some members with language: deu
is or was included in: us-005578-irn622329
has or had holder: us-005578