Pearl Reiter Fink photograph album
Extent and Medium
book enclosure
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Creator(s)
- Pearl Fink
Biographical History
Pearl Reiter Fink (born Pearly Reiter, c. 1917-c.1983) was born in the Bronx, New York to Harry and Rebecca (née Dobowitz) Reiter. She had five siblings, Ruth (1925-2018), Nora, Sybe, Jerry, and Saul. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1938. In 1940 she worked as a stenographer for the Social Security Administration. In 1946, she went to Europe to work with the US Forces European Theater, Office of Military Government, US Zone (USFET G5) where she viisted several displaced persons camps. In 1948 she married Joe Fink in Berlin. They moved to Israel and then California where they later divorced.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lisa Laubgross
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Lisa Laubgross, niece of Pearl Reiter Fink.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of one photograph album created by Pearl Reiter (later Fink) documenting her time in Europe serving with the US Forces European Theater, Office of Military Government, US Zone (USFET G5). The album includes visits to the Zeilsheim and Ziegenhain DP camps, Salzburg, and Luxembourg.
Corporate Bodies
- Zeilsheim (Displaced persons camp)
- Ziegenhain (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Luxembourg.
- Salzburg (Austria)
- Displaced persons camps.
Genre
- Document
- Photograph albums.