Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Lithuanian Jewish inmate

Striped concentration camp uniform jacket issued to Getzel Fingerhut, 22, (George Fine) as a replacement for his oil slicked jacket, while he was a prisoner in Kaufering X concentration camp, known as Dachau 10, from August 1944-March/April 1945. Getzel worked repairing locomotives and machines. He was an oiler for a diesel shovel and when his jacket got totally covered in grease and oil, his German boss requested this one for him. There was only one German worker so Getzel also perated the shovel and worked 2-3 shifts at a time. He wore this jacket for 5 or 6 months, over his oily jacket, to keep warm. He made the number patch, a copy of the one on the old jacket, because he would be punished if he had no identifying badge. Most of the prisoners in this camp in Utting were Lithuanian Jews from his home town, Siauliai. In August 1941, Getzel and his family were interned in the ghetto in German occupied Siauliai. Getzel was in a series of slave labor camps until July 1944, when the remaining Jews in the ghetto were deported to Stutthof. Getzel was able to stay with his father, Josef, and his brother, Eliahu, during the transfer to Dachau in August. The camp was evacuated by death march in April 1945. The prisoners were used to shield the German guards from Allied bombers. They were liberated by US troops on April 30, near Wolfranhausen, and re-settled in Feldafing displaced persons camp.