Berlin Emigrant

Paulina Ina Finkelstein was a medical doctor for internal stomach and intestinal illnesses (Fachärztin f. Magen- u. Darmkrankheiten). She wrote her medical dissertation in Berlin in 1920. In Berlin she lived at Ansbacher Str. 26 in Schöneberg (1931), Wilmersdorfer Str. 54 (1933), Nürnberger Str. 22 (1934) and Rankestr. 28 (1936) in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Her parents were Salomon Finkelstein (06.01.1866) and Elfriede Selma nee Rahmer (25.08.1868). Her sister Betty , also a medical doctor, emigrated to the USA in 1934. Pauline emigrated to Holland on 18.06.1939. She was interned in Lager Westerbork from 21.06.1943 until her deportation to Sobibor on 20.07.1943. (Gedenkbuch Bundesarchiv, Rebecca Schwoch Hrsg.: Berliner jüdische Kassenärzte und ihr Schicksal im Nationalsozialismus. Berlin 2009)