Genendel Spitz (b.1888) - The Bernstein-Dahne Genealogy Wiki

# Genendel Spitz (b.1888)  > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **2x great-grandmother** ![[I500126.jpg|220]] **Born** 08/25/1888–10/18/1888 — [[Święcica]] **Died** 04/05/1970 — [[Bronx]] **Parents** [[Chaim Ber Spitz (b.1852)]] · [[Fajga Frajnd (b.1853)]] **Spouse** [[Dawid Barbanel (b.1879)]] **Children** [[Azriel Yosef Barbanel (b.1907)]] · [[Nusyn Barbanel (b.1911)]] · [[Herszek Barbanel (b.1913)]] · [[Helen Barbanel (b.1919)]] **Siblings** [[Chaja Spitz (b.1876)]] · [[Chana Spitz (b.1876)]] · [[Nusyn Spitz (b.1880)]] · [[Hersz Spitz (b.1891)]] · [[Ruchla Spitz (b.1893)]] · [[Infant Spitz (b.1897)]] · [[Perla Spitz (d.1904)]] · [[Azryl Spitz (d.1899)]] · [[Ryfka Spitz (d.1896)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I500126_1.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_2.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_3.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_4.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_5.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_6.jpg|180]] ![[I500126_7.jpg|180]] **Documents — from MyHeritage:** [[I500126_doc0.pdf|📄 303_V_425_B_01668 (1)]] *GEDCOM I500126 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01*  ## Narrative Genendel Spitz — also recorded as Gendla — was born on 25 August 1888. The GEDCOM records her birthplace as [[Święcica]], Poland, though her own later paperwork was inconsistent on the point: her U.S. Social Security claim gave "Dublin, Poland" (likely Lublin), some postwar documents recorded Abramowice, and most gave Chełm.[^1] She was a daughter of [[Chaim Ber Spitz (b.1852)]] and [[Fajga Frajnd (b.1853)]], and grew up among a large sibship that included [[Chaja Spitz (b.1876)]], [[Chana Spitz (b.1876)]], [[Nusyn Spitz (b.1880)]], [[Hersz Spitz (b.1891)]] and [[Ruchla Spitz (b.1893)]], among others; several siblings — [[Perla Spitz (d.1904)]], [[Azryl Spitz (d.1899)]], [[Ryfka Spitz (d.1896)]] and an [[Infant Spitz (b.1897)]] — died in childhood. She married [[Dawid Barbanel (b.1879)]], taking the married name under which her wartime and postwar records were later filed (the Arolsen Archives holds her file under BARBANEL, with SZPIC noted as her maiden name).[^2] Four of the couple's children are recorded: [[Azriel Yosef Barbanel (b.1907)]], [[Nusyn Barbanel (b.1911)]], [[Herszek Barbanel (b.1913)]] and [[Helen Barbanel (b.1919)]]. Genendel survived the Second World War. A family photograph is captioned as showing survivors liberated in Lublin, and the International Tracing Service (now the Arolsen Archives) maintained a tracing and documentation file on her — case no. 959.901, for "BARBANEL, GENENDLA born 25.08.1888" — with material spanning 1968 to 1985, consistent with postwar tracing and restitution efforts.[^2] [The circumstances of her wartime experience, and which family members were with her, are not established from the sources at hand and need a browser pass.] In the years after the war she emigrated to the United States: a family record notes her leaving Bremerhaven, Germany, on 13 November 1950 aboard the USNS *General M. B. Stewart* (recorded as "General Sturgis"), bound for the USA.[^1] [The exact ship name should be confirmed against the passenger manifest.] She settled in New York and died on 5 April 1970 in the [[Bronx]]. [^1]: MyHeritage biographical notes (Bernstein tree, GEDCOM I500126), synced 2026-07-01 — birthplace discrepancies (Dublin/Lublin, Abramowice, Chełm) and 1950 emigration from Bremerhaven. [^2]: Arolsen Archives, Tracing and Documentation file, case no. 06030302.0.959.901, "BARBANEL, GENENDLA (also SZPIC), born 25.08.1888," records dated 1968–1985 (13 documents; parts restricted for data protection). https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/6-3-3-2_06030302-0-959-901 — retrieved 2026-07-04. ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ## Evidence ## Open questions