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Alice and John Fink collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of clothing, medical equipment, pins, a wedding dress, and other artifacts, documents, films, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Alice Redlich and Hans Finke in Berlin, Germany, before and during the Holocaust and as relief workers in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, where they married, after World War II.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Alice Fink, the wife of John Fink.
Date
1938-1949
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Oral history interview with John Fink

Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.247.1 | RG Number: RG-50.104.0001

Date
interview:  1992 January
Reminiscences from Belsen survivor gatherings in Germany, New York, and Israel along with Kristallnacht commemorations

Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.247.2 | RG Number: RG-50.104.0002

Date
Recorded:  1965-1988
Alice and John Fink papers

Document | Accession Number: 1990.247.13

Date
inclusive:  circa 1926-2003
Wedding dress with ruffle made for the marriage of 2 German Jewish DP camp aid workers

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.2

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1948 June 20
Wedding dress with ruffle made for the marriage of 2 German Jewish DP camp aid workers
Yellow sport short listing concentration camps where the owner was imprisoned

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.3

Geography
use: Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
emigration:  1949 August 26
Yellow sport short listing concentration camps where the owner was imprisoned
Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.4

Geography
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  after 1941 September-1945 April 15
emigration:  1949 August 26
Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.5

Geography
use: Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  after 1941 September-1945 April 15
emigration:  1949 August 26
Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate
UNRRA embroidered patch worn by a survivor and DP camp relief worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.6

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1946 March-1947 June
emigration:  1949 August 26
UNRRA embroidered patch worn by a survivor and DP camp relief worker
Clip-on name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.7 a-b

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
emigration:  1949 August 26
Clip-on name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate
Red UNRRA patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.8

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1946 March-1947 June
emigration:  1949 August 26
Red UNRRA patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP aid worker
AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.9

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  approximately 1946-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.10

Geography
use: Chicago (Ill.)
Date
emigration:  1949 August 26
Name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate
Embroidered, red UNRRA worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP relief worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.11

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  approximately 1946-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
Embroidered, red UNRRA worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP relief worker
Blue AJDC patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.12

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1947 July-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
Blue AJDC patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Blue AJDC pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.13

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1947 July-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
Blue AJDC pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Globe-shaped UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.14

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1946 March-1947 June
emigration:  1949 August 26
Globe-shaped UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Jewish Relief Unit Star of David pin worn by a German Jewish nurse working in a DP camp

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.15

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1943-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
Jewish Relief Unit Star of David pin worn by a German Jewish nurse working in a DP camp
Silver UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.16

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1946 March-1947 June
emigration:  1949 August 26
Silver UNRRA pin worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Commemorative pin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.17

Date
commemoration:  1943 March-1945 April
emigration:  1949 August 26
Commemorative pin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Star of David stickpin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.18

Date
emigration:  1949 August 26
Star of David stickpin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker
Glass and silver keepsake box used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.19 a-b

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Glass and silver keepsake box used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker
Monaural stethoscope used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.20

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1943-1949 August
emigration:  1949 August 26
Monaural stethoscope used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker
Medical field sterilizer kit used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.21 a-g

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
manufacture: Germany
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Medical field sterilizer kit used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker
Pouch and medical instruments used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.22 a-j

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Medical bag and supplies used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.23 a-i

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Needle packet used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.25

Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Box and needles used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.26

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Box and needles used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.27

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Bag and supplies used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.28

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Container used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.29

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  1938-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Trunk used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.30

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  approximately 1946-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
Trunk used by a former German Jewish concentration camp inmate and aid worker

Object | Accession Number: 2005.579.31

Geography
use: DP-Camp Bergen-Belsen; Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
Date
use:  approximately 1946-1949
emigration:  1949 August 26
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