Ірина (Ірка) Скріпник

[NatalyaZwonok]

Anyone know an Ірина (Ірка) Скріпник from Донбас who was in a German town of "Ismanning" during WW II? She was friends with my mom and my mom often speaks of her.....?

[JOEP]

There are only two Skripnyk (Скріпник) listings in the current German phone directory, located at
Das Telefonbuch Deutschland - Online Telefonauskunft - Teleauskunft - Telefonnummer - Telefonverzeichnis One is in Luebeck, the other in Leipzig. They might be good to contact by mail.

Skrypnyk, Vladimir
Rübezahlweg 4
23560 Lübeck
0451 8 80 49 43

Skrypnyk, Volodymyr
Breisgaustr. 19
04209 Leipzig
0341 4 20 53 76

Good luck.

Joe in Texas, USA

[Hannia]

Joe,

You are completely off base. A search like this doesn't get done by looking in the German White Pages.

During WW2 many Eastern Ukrainians were OSTARBEITER/forced laborers. Post WW2 they landed up in DP (Displaced People's Camps). The ones that were not repatriated back to the Soviet Union, immigrated to England, Canada, USA, South America, etc.

Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps Table of Contents

The other problem w/your premise is that Skrypnyk is an unusual surname. It is not. It is a common Ukrainian surname. It means FIDDLEPLAYER. There are currently at least 7,000 plus Skrypnyk living in Ukraine today. There might have been 10,000, if 10 million Ukrainians had not died in the hands of the Soviets. There was a famous literary group called Skrypnytski in Donbas, named after a famous writer, Lev Skrypnyk, but Iryna may have been from Donbas or the Donbas industrial area, where there were hundreds of villages.

Ismaning was very likely a DP camp in Munich (Southern German), or even a labor camp??? In order to find Iryna Skrypnyk one has to search thru emigration records, that is if she didn't get married in the camps, as many did.

One can perform a search for DP's in Germany post WW2 using the Bad Arolsen Archives, but you have to be immediate family and know person's exact birth date.

I think the priority here should be locating immediate family and not going off on some tangential long shot.

[HelenZW]

Although I haven't found much on my search, I do know more now then I did before, you helped me go in the right directions. I see you are still building up them karma points (giggle, giggle). I come on here every few days to read your responses and am still so amazed at how you help people. To NatalyaZwonok, you are in the best of hands for your search.

[Hannia]

From what I could find out, Ismaning was in Bavaria, where during WW2 there were extensive pig farming and pig fattening operations which employed Ostarbeiter.

[NatalyaZwonok]

Thank you. Yes, my mother and her friend were forced laborers during the war...they became friends, and my mom often talks about their friendship and would love to know what happened to her. Such a sad time there was during the war, and all that happened to the Ukrainian people (and many many other peoples) I will check out the link for DP's.

[Hannia]

In order to get detailed history of Mama's WW2 experience, contact the Bad Arolsen Archives. Germans kept excellent records of everyone that set foot in Germany during WW2. These archives will provide you w/exact experience in Germany and all kinds of other personal detail. Inquiry by immediate family is available for free. All you need to provide is her full name and any other spelling variants and her exact birth date. Do not provide more info than that !!! Your inquiry can be done by e-mail. I understand the archives have upgraded their svce and response can be received via e-mail as well. Response can take as much as three months or as little as several days.

Upon accessing site click HUMANITARIAN REQUESTS. Follow instructions.
ITS-AROLSEN.ORG |*Homepage

PS> If Mama might remember Iryna's birthdate (even appx), you can try submitting an inquiry on Iryna Skrypnyk as well ???