Pearl Reiter Fink photograph album

Identifier
irn614048
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.325.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

book enclosure

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Pearl Reiter Fink (born Pearly Reiter, c. 1917-c.1983) was born in the Bronx, New York to Harry and Rebecca (née Dobowitz) Reiter. She had five siblings, Ruth (1925-2018), Nora, Sybe, Jerry, and Saul. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1938. In 1940 she worked as a stenographer for the Social Security Administration. In 1946, she went to Europe to work with the US Forces European Theater, Office of Military Government, US Zone (USFET G5) where she viisted several displaced persons camps. In 1948 she married Joe Fink in Berlin. They moved to Israel and then California where they later divorced.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisa Laubgross

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Lisa Laubgross, niece of Pearl Reiter Fink.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of one photograph album created by Pearl Reiter (later Fink) documenting her time in Europe serving with the US Forces European Theater, Office of Military Government, US Zone (USFET G5). The album includes visits to the Zeilsheim and Ziegenhain DP camps, Salzburg, and Luxembourg.

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