Adolf Fingrut photographs

Identifier
irn34257
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.449.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34257

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Adolf Fingrut

Biographical History

Adolf Fingrut owned a successful photography studio in Rembertów, Poland before the war. In August 1942, during the liquidation of the Rembertów ghetto, Adolf escaped and received false papers provided to him by his non-Jewish Polish girlfriend (later wife) Michalina Jarowszewska. He fled to Warsaw and stayed in Prague until November 1942, where Michalina's cousin arranged a job for Adolf taking photographs in Opole, where he remained until liberation. After the war, he reopened his studio in Rembertów.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sandra Gasson

Sandra Gasson donated the Adolf Fingrut photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007.

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs documenting the experiences of Adolf Fingrut during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. Some of these photos bear the stamp of Adolf's photo studio in Rembertów, Poland.

Subjects

  • Rembertów (Warsaw, Poland)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.