Samuel Finkelstein [SEP] date of birth
Samuel Finkelstein
Samuel Finkelstein (1895–1942) was a Jewish oil painter in the interwar Poland who died at the Nazi death camp Treblinka during the Holocaust.
Biography.
Finkelstein was born in Sandomierz, in the Radom Governorate of Congress Poland. He first graduated from a trade school, but became dissatisfied with the trades and started painting. His friends and family suggested he take art classes, and in 1913–1914, he enrolled at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Wojciech Weiss of the Young Poland movement.
1998, at Alfriston, Sussex.
References.
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983  1911  Q3–Jul–Aug-Sep  Lymington (Hampshire), Vol 2b, Page 1202; Frank A A Wootton (Mother's maiden name Peppler)
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2007  1998  April Eastbourne, Sussex C41E District 4541C Entry 231; Frank Albert A Wootton b 30th Jul 1914 Age at Death 83. (Genealogists note: Birth date shown is incorrect - it should read