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Herman Chaim Ałapin Alapin

First name
Herman Chaim
Last Name
Ałapin Alapin
Maiden name
Date of birth
07.02.1877
Place of birth
Warsaw
Gender
male
Mother's first name
Stefania Michalina
Mother's maiden name
Rundbakin
Father's first name
Izrael Jan
Age
65
In the family
husband
Marital status
married
Spouse's first name
Nika Gurewicz
Occupation
ophthalmologist
Country
Poland
City
Warsaw
Street
Królewska 27
City during the war
Warsaw
Street during the war
Sienna 20/13, Miła 18
Notes
Phonebook: "Alapin Herman, eye doctor." Herman began his medical studies in 1895 at the University of Warsaw, first in the mathematics and physics department, and after 2 years in the medical department. Expelled in 1899 because of his anti-Russian activities, he continued his studies at the University of Dorpat (Estonia), where he received his diploma in early 1904. He practiced ophthalmology in Warsaw. He was a military doctor in Manchuria in the Russo-Japanese War. During World War I, he served in the Russian army as a division doctor. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Stanislaus and St. Anne of the Second Class. In 1942, "they hid for a month with his wife in Lejzerowicz's tannery. Then they had to move to 18 Miła Street, from where they were taken to Treblinka during the selection." Deported to Treblinka on October 10, 1942 with his wife Nika Alapin, née Gurewicz. He had three children (with his first wife, Gucia Gustawa, née Drejer: Jan, born 1907, Jerzy, born 1908; with his second wife Nika, Halina, born 1919). He also had many doctors in his immediate family. His brother Jozef Alapin was a well-known Lublin dermatologist, another brother Jan Alapin was a dermatologist, head of the University Clinic of St. Lazarus Hospital at 31 Królewska Street in Warsaw (Kurier Warszawski October 30, 1932). Herman's son Jan Alapin was a Warsaw dermatologist, while his second son Stefan Alapin was a Warsaw surgeon. Herman's brother Jan Alapin died before the war, the other members of his family mentioned above were murdered. The symbolic grave is in the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw.
Place of death
Treblinka
Date of death
10.10.1942
Source

GBL; YVP Monica Richardson Goldstein (granddaughter); J. B. Gliński, "Słownik biograficzny lekarzy i farmaceutów ofiar drugiej wojny światowej", t. 2; USC VHA 40467, rel. Halina Lusia Ałapin Mitchley (daughter); Central Name Index, 0.1/50724228/ITS Digital Archive, Arolsen Archives; Archiwum WP; AP Warszawa Izba Zdrowia w Warszawie 1940-1944; phonebook 1939

Record ID
30813
Date of inclusion in the database
04.03.2020
Date of modification
26.05.2026
Wall of Names
Chaim AŁAPIN, 62, plaque C005
Photo description
Herman Ałapin
Source of photo (text)
AP Warszawa
Family