Record Groups
Metadata
Collection |
Edith Gubkin Papers |
Object Name |
Collection |
Catalog Number |
RG-94 |
Dates of Creation |
1997-2014 |
Extent of Description |
0.2 linear feet (1 box) |
Admin/Biographical History |
Edith Gubkin nee Alexander was born on January 8, 1919 in Miskolc, Hungary. After the invasion, Edith and her family were forced to live in the Miskolc ghetto before being moved to a brick factory. In May 1944, Edith was taken from her hometown, along with her family, and sent to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Edith's mother, Yolanda Alexander, and her aunt, Malvina Lowinger, were sent to the gas chambers. Her mother had asked her aunt, Anna Lowinger, to take care of Edith and her cousin, Agnes. Anna did as she promised, but Anna herself was selected for "work," taken to a forest where she was made to dig her own grave, and then murdered. In another selection, only Agnes was chosen to work, but in the confusion, Edith pretended not to understand and rushed to join her cousin in line. After this selection, Edith and Agnes were marched to the Allendorf munition works. Later, it was discovered that Hungarians were stealing wool from the bombs making them ineffective. The execution of the workers was ordered, but the cousins along with several others decided to run. Arriving in Dillich, Germany French POWs, made to work the land, helped them hide until they could be turned over to American soldiers. After the war, Edith and Agnes spent time at Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp. Here, Edith met her first husband, Jack Selinger. They immigrated to New York in 1948, and later moved to Hopewell, Virginia in 1954. After Jack's death in 1961, she married another Holocaust survivor, Sam Gubkin. |
Copyrights |
No restrictions on use. |
Language of Material |
English |
Scope & Content |
The Edith Gubkin Papers focus primarily on Edith's experiences surviving various concentration camps alongside her cousin, Agnes. These papers include articles and personal reminiscences. Folder 1 contains several handwritten biographical notes, used in order to prepare for an oral history. Folder 2 has several notecards on which questions and notes were written during an oral history interview in 1997. Folder 3 holds several articles written about Edith at the event of her death in 2014. |
Subjects |
Miskolc, Hungary Stadtallendorf, Germany Dillich, Germany Hopewell, Virginia, United States Miskolc (Ghetto) Auschwitz (Concentration Camp) Allendorf (Concentration Camp) Feldafing (Displaced Persons Camp) |