George J. Fine collection

Identifier: irn77782
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn77782

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by George J. Fine.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket, a fork, and a letter relating to the experiences of Getzel Fingerhut (later George Fine) during the Holocaust when he was a prisoner in Kaufering X concentration camp in Germany and after the Holocaust in Feldafing displaced persons camp.

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Stainless steel fork with SS runes acquired by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12663
- English
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Table fork with an SS officer school stamp owned by Getzel Fingerhut. It is unclear when he acquired it, but most likely it was after his liberation from Kaufering X slave labor camp, also called Dachau 10, where he was imprisoned from August 1944 to April 1945. In August 1941, Getzel, 19, and his family were interned in the ghetto in German occupied Siauliai, Lithuania. Getzel worked in a series of forced labor camps until July 1944, when the ghetto residents were deported to Stutthof concentration camp. Getzel, his father, Josef, and his brother, Eliahu were then transferred to Kaufering ...
George Fine letter
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12664
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
Consists of a letter written by survivor concerning the whereabouts of former member of Wehrmacht; written by Georg Fingerhut in Munich to city authorities in Aachen, Germany, requesting address for person named "Gonzen or Konzen" who demonstrated kindness to Georg and a friend while prisoners in Lithuania in 1946; response by city officals inscribed on letter, lower left, as having no information on such person
Concentration camp uniform jacket with badge worn by a Lithuanian Jewish inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn12665
- English
- overall: Height: 24.250 inches (61.595 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Striped concentration camp uniform jacket issued to Getzel Fingerhut, 22, as a replacement for his oil slicked jacket, while interned in Kaufering X slave labor camp, known as Dachau 10, from August 1944 to April 1945. Getzel was an oiler for a diesel shovel and when his jacket got covered in grease and oil ca. November, his German boss requested this one for him. He wore this jacket for 5 or 6 months, over his oily jacket, to keep warm. He made the number patch 92041, a copy of the one on his old jacket, because he would be punished if he had no identifying badge. There was only one German...

George J. Fine collection

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Stainless steel fork with SS runes acquired by a Lithuanian Jewish concentration camp inmate

George Fine letter

Concentration camp uniform jacket with badge worn by a Lithuanian Jewish inmate