Lipka (Munitz) Munics (abt. 1914 - aft. 1945)

Born about 1914 in Russian Empire

Died after Mar 1945 after about age 31 in Belsen, Bergen, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany [uncertain]

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Biography

Lipka (Munitz) Munics died as a result of persecution during the Holocaust.

Lipka (Russian: Липка Муниц) lived in Indra^[1], Piedrujas region of Latvia at the start of WWII.

Lipka's Nazi concentration camp registration documents recorded the names of his parents as Ruvin Munitz and Matla Munitz nee Fuchs. Lipka occupations were a baker and a locksmith. His place of birth is stated as being Kelavo. It's likely that he was actually born in shtetl Kreslavka, which now town Kraslava in Latvia.

In December of 1939 he donated 3 Lats to the war efforts. His name was mentioned in a newspaper article^[1].

Holocaust

Prior to WWII Lipka lived at 3 Visvalzha street (LV: Visvalža 3) in Riga. He was single and had no children.

31Oct1943: Riga (Kaiserwald) KZ

09Aug1944: Stutthof KZ

16Aug1944: KL Buchenwald (Prisoner # 82758)

27Feb1945: KL Bergen-Belsen (Prisoner # 82758)

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Latvian newspaper Rits, Nr.356 (27Dec1939)

• List of Riga ghetto imprisoners - http://www.rgm.lv/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Rigas-geto-maju-gramatas.pdf
• Daugavpils list of the Holocaust victims. Retrieved 02Mar2018.
• Arolsen Archives documents for MUNITZ, LIPKA. Accessed on 24May2019.