Rena F. Finder collection

Identifier
irn506457
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0007
  • RG-19.049
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506457

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Rena F. Finder

Biographical History

Rena Ferber Finder was born on February 24, 1929, in Kraków, Poland and was the only child of Moses and Rozia Windisch Ferber. Rena survived the Kraków ghetto and Plaszów, Auschwitz, and Brünlitz concentration camps. Oskar Schindler is responsible for rescuing Rena and her mother. After liberation, she and her mother lived in the small village of Hart, Austria, for a brief time then moved to Bindermichl displaced persons camp in October 1945. Rena met Marcel Finder (b. Mar. 9, 1921, Kraków, Poland), also a Holocaust survivor, in Bindermichl, and they married on May 2, 1946. During their time in Bindermichl, Rena worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), and Marcel (Mark) worked for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Linz, Austria. They remained in Bindermichl until October 31, 1948, when they immigrated to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Rena F. Finder collected the photographs during her time in Bindermichl displaced persons camp. She arranged and captioned some of the photographs before donating them to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Jan. 1999.

Scope and Content

Contains twenty-seven black and white photographs of Rena Ferber Finder, her husband, Marcel (Mark) Finder, her mother, Rozia Windisch Ferber, and other displaced persons living in Bindermichl displaced persons camp in Austria. The photographs depict scenes of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) staff in Bindermichl; an ORT cosmetology training class; memorial and Yom ha-Sho'ah observances held in Bindermichl and nearby Gunskirchen one year after liberation; American Joint Distribution Committee staff in Bindermichl; and wedding day photographs of Rena and Mark Finder.

People

  • Finder, Rena F. (Rena Ferber), 1929-
  • Ferber, Rozia Windisch.
  • Finder, Marcel, 1921-

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust memorials--Austria.
  • Refugees--Austria--1940-1950.
  • Weddings--Austria--1940-1950.
  • Bindermichl (Austria : Refugee camp)
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day--Austria.
  • Refugee camps--Austria--1940-1950.

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.

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