Salek Finkelstein (M / Poland, 1931), Holocaust survivor

Salek Finkelstein (M / Poland, 1931), Holocaust survivor.

• One of the youngest Holocaust survivor of Buchenwald.

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Biography

NOTES : Salek Finkelstein was born in Motikkarczyn, Poland in 1931. He ended up in Buchenwald. The political organization at Buchenwald was able to protect him and many other children at the camp, until liberation.

Salek was one the youngest child Holocaust survivors at Buchenwald:

• USHMM Collections -- Among those pictured are first row (left to right): Lolek Blum, David Perlmutter, Birenbaum, Joseph Schleifstein, unidentified, and Yisrael Meir Lau (middle row, far right). Middle row: Nathan Szwarc, Jack Neeman, Berek Silber, Jakub Finkelstajn (Jacques Finkel), unidentified, Marek Milstein, and Salek Finkelstein. Back row: Elek Grinbaum [or Grinberg], Chaim Finkelstajn (Charles Finkel), Romek Wajsman (Wekselman), and Abe Chapnick. The boys are dressed in outfits made from German uniforms due to a clothing shortage.

Salek was brought to France in an OSE orphanage, together with other 476 children of Buchenwald. Ralph Lewin was his tutor.

Some pictures portray him at the OSE orphanage:

• USHMM Collection -- Pictured from left to right are Manfred Reingewitz, Romek Wajsman, Salek Finkelstein, and Ralph Lewin (OSE Orphanage, 1946)

• USHMM Collection -- Romek Wajsman is again pictured sitting next to his advisor Manfred Reingewitz, while Salek Finkelstein is on the shoulders of Ralph Lewen.