Fink Family papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Gabriel G. Fink
Biographical History
Gabriel George Fink (1917-1997) was born in Baltimore to Harry Fink and Dora Abell. He had three siblings: Bernard, Jack, and Ray. He served in the US Army during World War II. He married Cecelia and had two children: Joel and Maxine.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Fink.
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Joel Fink in 2017.
Scope and Content
Consists of correspondence addressed to Sgt. Gabriel George Fink (1917-1997) while stationed in France from loved ones in the United States, including a letter inquiring about the fates of Raphael (1879-1943) and Sophie Bakhrakh (1908-1943), as well as two photographs. The photographs depict Sgt. Fink while in Nice and the public humiliation of French women accused of collaboration.
System of Arrangement
The Fink family papers are arranged as a single series.
Corporate Bodies
- United States. Army
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
- Nice (France)
- Holocaust victims--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--France.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.