George and Shari Fine collection

Identifier: irn521390
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521390

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by George and Shari Fine.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts and documents related to the experience of Getzel Fingerhut (George Fine) in Dachau concentration camp and Sari Marmor (Fine) as a slave laborer in Poland during the Holocaust and in displaced persons camps and Canada after the war.

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George and Shari Fine papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516890
- English
- 1946-1956
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The papers consist of newspaper clippings concerning the establishment of the state of Israel including: "Fun Jidiszn Lebn" DP newspaper published in Munich, Germany, November 1946; "Yom Hamedina", the Day of the State, a joint publication of Israel's newspapers, May 14, 1948; "Forward", article about the first hanging in the Siauliai ghetto, June 13, 1955; Time magazine clipping about David Ben Gurion, dated 1955-1956; and a supplement to the New York Times celebrating the sixth anniversary of the state of Israel, May 16, 1954.
Folding knife made from a screwdriver in a concentration camp by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516892
- English
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Pocketknife created by Getzel Fingerhut (George Fine), age 22, during his imprisonment in Kaufering X concentration camp, known as Dachau 10, where he worked repairing locomotives. The handle is repurposed from a screwdriver and the blade is handmade. He hid the knife under his pants, tied with string above his calf. In August 1941, George and his family were interned in the ghetto in Siauliai, Lithuania, by the Germans, after they occupied the area. George worked in a series of forced labor camps until July 1944, when the remaining Jews in the ghetto were deported to Stutthof concentration...
Caliper used by a prisoner in a forced labor camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn516893
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Caliper used by 17 year old Sari Marmor (Shari Fine) when she worked as forced labor in an underground Luftwaffe factory and supply depot in the Black Forest near Stuttgart, Germany. She was a team foreman and worked on a lathe making screws. The caliper was the only thing she took with her on the death march ordered to evacuate the camp. Sari and her family were deported by the Germans from Bistrita, Romania, to Auschwitz-Birkenau in April 1944. She and her 2 sisters, Ester and Chaya, were selected for forced labor; her parents, Salomon and Ita, and her brother, Shmaye, were selected for t...

George and Shari Fine collection

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George and Shari Fine papers

Folding knife made from a screwdriver in a concentration camp by an inmate

Caliper used by a prisoner in a forced labor camp