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Robert Feinsod photographs

Document | Accession Number: 2019.116.2

The collection includes a photograph and copyprint of Robert Feinsod and Marc Shapiro, a Soviet soldier, in military uniforms.

Date
inclusive:  circa 1945
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert, Kalma, Fred and Arthur Feinsod.

About This Document

Document Creator
Robert Feinsod
Biography
Robert “Bob” Feinsod (1920-2018) was born in New York on June 15, 1920 to Joseph Feinsod (1893-1967) and Beatrice Feinsod (née, Kaplan, 1898-1976) and had one brother, Herbert (1922-2007). Robert served in the United States Army in the 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions during World War II, rising to the ranks of Captain. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, was among the first Americans to enter Berlin, and participated in the liberation of the Wöbbelin concentration camp. He was later honored with the Certificate of Conspicuous Service. Robert married Kalma Jewel Shapiro in 1946 and had two sons: Fred and Arthur.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Feinsod family donated the Robert Feinsod photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019. The collections numbered 2019.116.1 and 2019.117.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
Additional Accession Number
2019.116.1
2019.117.1

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-13 14:50:11
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn715014

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Object

Scroll given to Kaiser Wilhelm and his wife on the occasion of their Silver wedding anniversary by The Central Committee of the Zionist Organization of Germany in Berlin. Discovered after the war by Soviet Army Sergeant Marc Shapiro, one of the first to reach Hitler's bunker, who discovered the scroll in the Reich Chancellery.

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