Anna Lipszyc Papers, 1941-1946 | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

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Title: Anna Lipszyc Papers, 1941-1946

Predominant Dates:1941 -- 1948

ID: RG-01.08/RG-01.08

Primary Creator: Anna Lipszyc, survvior of the Holocaust, lived under false identity (1940s -- 1945)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Acting under false identity, Jewish survivors, American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation, Anna Lipszyc, false identity papers of Anna Wojcik, Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills, Assuming false identity, Jewish survivors, Correspondence from Jurek Gutkind to Anna Lipszyc from Miedzyrzec Podlaski, 1943, Documents in English language, Documents in German language, Documents in Polish language, Employment under Allied Administration in Germany, postwar, Employment under Allied Administration in postwar Germany, Anna Lipszyc, easy adjustment, False identity papers, Forced foreign workers (Zwangsarbeiter) in Germany, 1939 -- 1945, Foreign workers labor system in Germany, 1939 -- 1945, German identification documents issued for people under false identity, 1939 -- 1945, German identification documents issued for people under false identity, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), German labor service, 1939 -- 1945, German Labor Service, labor in Germany, 1940 -- 1945, Identification documents for German-occupied and controlled territories in Europe, Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police), Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police), Jurek Gutkind, Jurek Gutkind, of Jewish Order Service in Miedzyrzec Podlaski, falling in love with Anna Lipszyc, Letters from Jurek Gutkind to Anna Lipdszyc, 1943, 1944, Life under false identity in Germany, labor service, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), survival skills, Living under false identity in German-occupied Poland, 1939 -- 1945, Living under false identity in German-occupied Poland, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), Lublin Castle Prison, Miedzyrzec-Podlaski (Poland), Narratives in German language, Narratives in Polish language, Personal relations in the ghettos, egoism and self-care, Personal survival skills, Postwar adjustment and adaptation, Postwar adjustment and adaptation, Anna Lipszyc, Skierniewice (Poland), Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province), Second Census, 1931, Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province: county), Second Census, 1931, The role of connections, personal relations and friends in precarious situations, The role of friends and personal relations in precarious situtations, Anna Lipszyc, US Military Government, Germany, American zone of occupation, employment certificates, Voluneering for German labor service under false identity, 1939 -- 1945, Volunteering for German labor service, Volunteering for German labor service under false identity, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), 1943, Volunteering for labor in Germany from German-occupied and controlled territories, Worker's Card (Arbeitskarte) issued to Anna Lipszyc under false identity Anna Wojcik, Skierniewice, Worker’s Card (Arbeitskarte)

Languages: Polish, German, English

Abstract

This collection comprises Anna Lipszycs personal documents and artifacts as well as correspondences from Jurek (Georg) Gutkind, her prewar friend and present day serviceman of the Jüdische Ordnungsienst (Jewish Order Police) in Miedzyrzec-Podlaski, Lublin province, Poland.

It includes documents, photographs, and personal letters written to Anna Lipszyc (married name Anna Fischer) in Polish and German during the wartime. Anna Lipszyc was born on September 5, 1918 in Skierniewice, Poland. During the time of the German occupation of Skierniewice, Anna Lipszyc assumed a false Polish identity of Anna (Hanka) Wójcik. It is believed that her friend Jurek (Georg) Gutkind, who served in Jüdische Ordnungsienst (Jewish Order Police), organized and provided all the necessary documents enabling her to maintain false identity.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

Using a false name and documents, she either volunteered or was forcefully sent in German Labor Service. Anna Lipszyc survived war in Germany by posing as a Polish catholic woman. She worked as a home aid.

Jurek Gutkind, being personally attached to Anka, continued sending letters to her in Germany. As he stated, correspondence with someone in Poland, proves the truthfulness of the assumed identity. The letters from Jurek to Anka are of a personal and often intimate matter. The narrative reflects his fond feelings to Anna Lipszyc. Jurek Gutkind continued sending her letters even after he has been falsely accused for receiving of a bribe and imprisoned in Lublin Castle prison by the German authority. Jurek believed that his fellow Jewish policemen slandered him. He awaited the trial at the Lublin Castle. He was sentenced to a concentration camp term and sent to Buchenwald. Jurek continued writing letters to Anka from the Buchenwald concentration camp.

After the liberation, Anna Lipszyc revealed her real name and nationality. Anna Lipszyc was then employed by the US Military Government of Wurttemberg-Baden with the medical supply unit.

Biographical Note

Anna Lipszyc (married name Anna Fischer) in Polish and German during the wartime. Anna Lipszyc was born on September 5, 1918 in Skierniewice, Poland. During the time of the German occupation of Skierniewice, Anna Lipszyc assumed a false Polish identity of Anna (Hanka) Wójcik. It is believed that her friend Jurek (Georg) Gutkind, who served in Jüdische Ordnungsienst (Jewish Order Police), organized and provided all the necessary documents enabling her to maintain false identity

Subject/Index Terms

Acting under false identity, Jewish survivors
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Anna Lipszyc, false identity papers of Anna Wojcik
Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills
Assuming false identity, Jewish survivors
Correspondence from Jurek Gutkind to Anna Lipszyc from Miedzyrzec Podlaski, 1943
Documents in English language
Documents in German language
Documents in Polish language
Employment under Allied Administration in Germany, postwar
Employment under Allied Administration in postwar Germany, Anna Lipszyc, easy adjustment
False identity papers
Forced foreign workers (Zwangsarbeiter) in Germany, 1939 -- 1945
Foreign workers labor system in Germany, 1939 -- 1945
German identification documents issued for people under false identity, 1939 -- 1945
German identification documents issued for people under false identity, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik)
German labor service, 1939 -- 1945
German Labor Service, labor in Germany, 1940 -- 1945
Identification documents for German-occupied and controlled territories in Europe
Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police)
Judischer Ordnungdienst (or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, Jewish Ghetto Police), Jurek Gutkind
Jurek Gutkind, of Jewish Order Service in Miedzyrzec Podlaski, falling in love with Anna Lipszyc
Letters from Jurek Gutkind to Anna Lipdszyc, 1943, 1944
Life under false identity in Germany, labor service, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), survival skills
Living under false identity in German-occupied Poland, 1939 -- 1945
Living under false identity in German-occupied Poland, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik)
Lublin Castle Prison
Miedzyrzec-Podlaski (Poland)
Narratives in German language
Narratives in Polish language
Personal relations in the ghettos, egoism and self-care
Personal survival skills
Postwar adjustment and adaptation
Postwar adjustment and adaptation, Anna Lipszyc
Skierniewice (Poland)
Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province), Second Census, 1931
Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province: county), Second Census, 1931
The role of connections, personal relations and friends in precarious situations
The role of friends and personal relations in precarious situtations, Anna Lipszyc
US Military Government, Germany, American zone of occupation, employment certificates
Voluneering for German labor service under false identity, 1939 -- 1945
Volunteering for German labor service
Volunteering for German labor service under false identity, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), 1943
Volunteering for labor in Germany from German-occupied and controlled territories
Worker's Card (Arbeitskarte) issued to Anna Lipszyc under false identity Anna Wojcik, Skierniewice
Worker’s Card (Arbeitskarte)

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Document/Artifact of Item-Level:

[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-01.08.01, Temporary identification paper issued to Anna Wójcik by the Magistrate (City Hall) of Skierniewice],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-01.08.02, Photocopy of a Worker’s Card (Arbeitskarte) issued to Anna Lipszyc under her false name, Anna Wójcik],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-01.08.03, Photocopy of Anna Lipszyc’s provisional foreign refugee pass, issued by provisional German authorities, postwar, 1945, postwar, 1945],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-01.08.04, Two photographs of Anna Lipszyc (Anna Wójcik)(left) with another woman, July 1945, Germany.],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-01.08.05, A group photograph of five women, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik) is first from the right. July 1945, Germany],
[Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-01.08.06, Certificate issued to Anna Lipszyc by the Office of Military Government (US) in Stuttgart, March 1946],
[All]

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-01.08.01, Temporary identification paper issued to Anna Wójcik by the Magistrate (City Hall) of Skierniewice

During the time of the German occupation of Skierniewice, Anna Lipszyc assumed a false Polish identity of Anna (Hanka) Wójcik. It is believed that her friend Jurek (Georg) Gutkind, who served in Jüdische Ordnungsienst (Jewish Order Police), organized and provided all the necessary documents enabling her to maintain false identity.

Subject/Index Terms:: Anna Lipszyc, false identity papers of Anna Wojcik; Acting under false identity, Jewish survivors; Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills; City management of Skierniewice, Poland, wartime; Magistrat of Skierniewice under German occupation, wartime; Issuance of identification papers, local authority establishment, wartime; Obtaining document of false idenity, German-occupied Poland , 1939 -- 1945; Identification document issued to Anna Lipszyc under false name Anna Wojcik,Skierniewice, ca 1941; Anna Lipszyc (poses as Anna Wojcik), photographs, wartime; Anna Lipszyc (poses as Anna Wojcik), photograph attached to her paper issued by Skierniewice Magistr; False identity papers; False identity papers of Jews assumed false identity, German-occupied Poland; Rubric of false identity papers, profession, denomination, DOB, residence, parents, wartime; Anna Lipszyc posed as a Roman Catholic, dressmaker; Skierniewice (Poland); Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province), Second Census, 1931; Skierniewice (Poland: Warsaw province: county), Second Census, 1931; Documents in Polish language; Documents in German language

Creators:: Magistrat (City Hall), executive offices of Polish administration under German control, wartime (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-01.08.02, Photocopy of a Worker’s Card (Arbeitskarte) issued to Anna Lipszyc under her false name, Anna Wójcik

Anna Lipszyc posed under false identity of Anna Wojcik, Roman Catholic, dressmaker. There were corresponding personal document issued to her under the name of Anna Wojcik by Polish and German administration in Skierniewice., as well as in Germany to where she volunteered for labor serivice to be safer as unknown Polish woman. This work card was issued in Stuttgart region in May 1943

Subject/Index Terms:: Anna Lipszyc (poses as Anna Wojcik), photographs, wartime; Anna Lipszyc, false identity papers of Anna Wojcik; Volunteering for German labor service; Volunteering for German labor service under false identity, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), 1943; Documents issued by German employment agencies for foreign workers, wartime; Documents issued by Germany employment agencies for foreign workers, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), 1943; German employment agency in Stuttgart for foreign workers, wartime; German employment agency in Stuttgart, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik); Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills; Work cards for foreign workers in Germany, wartime; Work cards for foreign workers in Germany, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), 1943 -- 1945; Documents in German language

Creators:: German Labor Service (1933 -- 1945); German labor service employment agency in Stuttgart, wartime (1943); Foreign workers labor service in wartime Germany (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-01.08.03, Photocopy of Anna Lipszyc’s provisional foreign refugee pass, issued by provisional German authorities, postwar, 1945, postwar, 1945

A refugee pass issued to Anna Lipszyc by provisional German authorities in postwar, 1945. Her photographs of Grman period is attached.

She is regarded as a stateless person. Lodz is indicated as a place of birth. Place of residence in Germany is marked Stuttgart.

Personal features are defined.

Subject/Index Terms:: Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills; Postwar adjustment and adaptation, Anna Lipszyc; Anna Lipszyc, postwar identification documents, Germany; Anna Lipszyc, registered as a stateless person born in Lodz, Poland; Postwar Germany (1945); Postwar adjustment and adaptation; Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik), personal and group photographs; Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik) personal and group photographs in labor service under false identity, Germany; Anna Lipszyc, personal and group photographs in postwwar Germany, employed by the Allied offices; Stuttgart (Germany); Documents in German language

Creators:: Provisional German police and municipal authorities in Stuttgart (1945, postwar)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-01.08.04, Two photographs of Anna Lipszyc (Anna Wójcik)(left) with another woman, July 1945, Germany.

Anna Lipszyc and her acquaintance in postwar Germany, July 1945

Subject/Index Terms:: Anna Lipszyc, personal and group photographs in postwwar Germany, employed by the Allied offices; Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills; Employment under Allied Administration in postwar Germany, Anna Lipszyc, easy adjustment; Postwar adjustment and adaptation, Anna Lipszyc

Creators:: Anna Lipszyc, survvior of the Holocaust, lived under false identity (1940s -- 1945); Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik) and her circle of friends in wartime and postwar Germany (1943 -- 1948)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-01.08.05, A group photograph of five women, Anna Lipszyc (Wojcik) is first from the right. July 1945, Germany

Anna Lipszyc on her real identity employed by an allied office in postwar Germany on a group photograph with four other women, perhaps her acquaintances or co-workrers, July 1945, Germany

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-01.08.06, Certificate issued to Anna Lipszyc by the Office of Military Government (US) in Stuttgart, March 1946

Anna Lipszyc got soon employed by the US Military Goverment in Germany, Stuttgart district. She became a special investigator in public health matters for which the Military Government of American occupation zone in Germany was responislbe. It is a certificate issued to Anna Lipszyc by Robert H. Culver, First Lt., Public Health Team No. 4 of Stuttgarat district.

Issued on 26 March 1946

This document issued to anyone's concern

Subject/Index Terms:: Anna Lipszyc, personal survival skills; Anna Lipszyc, postwar identification documents, Germany; Employment under Allied Administration in postwar Germany, Anna Lipszyc, easy adjustment; Anna Lipszyc, employement with public health division of US Military Government in Germany, postwar; Anna Lipszyc, certification of employement in public health matters, Germany, US administration; American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation; US Military Government, Germany, American zone of occupation, employment certificates; Robert H. Culver, 1st Lt. Public Health Team, Stuttgart district, US Military government, Germany; Documents in English language

Creators:: Robert H. Culver, First Lt., Public Health Team, US Military Goverment, Germany (1946)