Adolf Fingrut collection

Identifier: irn523676
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523676

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Barbara Wortsmann, niece of Adolf Fingrut.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a field camera, tripod, and attachments: lens, remote shutter release, 3 wooden film holders, and metal tripod attachments relating to the experiences of Adolf Fingrut before, during, and after the Holocaust in Rembertow, Poland, where he owned a successful photography studio, then in Warsaw, Praga, and Opole where he survived under a fasle identity and with the help of his future wife Michalina Jarowszewska.

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Field camera and attachments
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524970
- English
- a: Height: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) | Width: 9.250 inches (23.495 cm) | Depth: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) b: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) e: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) f: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) g: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) h: Height: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Field camera and attachments: lens, remote shutter release, 3 wooden film holders that belonged to Adolf Fingrut. He owned a successful photography studio in Rembertow, Poland before the war. In August 1942, during the liquidation of the Rembertow ghetto, Adolf escaped and received false papers from his non-Jewish Polish girlfriend and future wife Michalina Jarowszewska. He fled to Warsaw and stayed in Praga 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 Remberto...
Camera tripod and attachments
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524971
- English
- a: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) b: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) c: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) d: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Camera tripod, and attachments that belonged to Adolf Fingrut. He owned a successful photography studio in Rembertow, Poland before the war. In August 1942, during the liquidation of the Rembertow ghetto, Adolf escaped and received false papers from his non-Jewish Polish girlfriend and future wife Michalina Jarowszewska. He fled to Warsaw and stayed in Praga 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 Rembertow. This camera stayed with either Adolf or Michalin...

Adolf Fingrut collection

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Field camera and attachments

Camera tripod and attachments