Field camera and attachments
Extent and Medium
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)
Archival History
The field camera and attachments were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Barbara Wortsmann, the niece of Adolf Fingrut.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Wortsmann
Scope and Content
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 Rembertow. This camera stayed with either Adolf or Michalina during the war.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a. camera b. remote shutter c. fragment from remote shutter d.metal part from remote shutter e. lens f-h. wooden film holders
Genre
- Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Object