Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Geography
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use:
Rembertow (Warsaw, Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Wortsmann
Physical Details
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Cameras
- Object Type
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Cameras (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. camera
b. remote shutter
c. fragment from remote shutter
d.metal part from remote shutter
e. lens
f-h. wooden film holders - Dimensions
- 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) - Materials
- overall : wood, metal, glass, leather, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The field camera and attachments were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Barbara Wortsmann, the niece of Adolf Fingrut.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-15 09:03:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524970
Also in Adolf Fingrut collection
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.
Date: approximately 1935-approximately 1945
Camera tripod and attachments
Object
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 Michalina during the war.
