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Contributing Institution:
Oskar Schindler Archives
Title: Isak and Sally Springer collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2020.004.h.r
Physical Description:
1 Files
Date (inclusive): 2.12.2020
Abstract: The Springer collection primarily consists of Isak and Sally Springer's emigration documents from 1949 to 1959.
Language of Material:
English
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The Springer collection primarily consists of Isak and Sally Springer's emigration documents from 1949 to 1959. It includes
four naturalization petition cards, Declaration of Intention, Certificates of Naturalization, an identification card issued
by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Department.
This collection is open for research.
There are no restrictions on the use of the material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Isak Springer was born in Bendzin, Poland, on March 5, 1917. Isak was born into an Orthodox Jewish family, his parents Abraham
and Perla Springer, with four siblings. When the Germans invaded their hometown, Bendzin, on September 4, 1939, the Springer
family was allowed to stay together in their own home, until they were moved into a Jewish ghetto. While living in the ghetto,
the family built a hiding place and eventually were able to escape. By posing as Polish citizens, they were able to move from
occupied Poland. The family had to split up, Isak went to the Soviet Union, his father and brother stayed together, while
the mother and sisters were together. Both parents and all five children survived; they are the only known European Jewish
family to have all survived.
Isak later married his wife, Sally. On December 29, 1951, they emigrated to the United States on the USS General Sturgis.
They lived in Los Angeles, California. Issak and his wife became Naturalized and United States citizens in 1957. Issak passed
away on February 10, 2005.
[Item title/description; box number/folder number] Isak and Sally Springer collection (2020.004.h.r), Oskar Schindler Archive,
Chapman University, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust survivors -- History -- 20th Century
World War (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
Jewish women in the Holocaust
Jewish refugees--United States--History--20th century.
Jewish refugees--California, Southern.
Springer, Isak
Springer, Sally