Bertha and Morris Berk collection

Identifier: irn50116
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50116

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Susan Friedland-Cristina, the granddaughter of Bertha and Morris Berk.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a pewter bowl, photograph sleeve, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Bertha and Morris Berk, before the Holocaust in Schwanfeld, Germany and New York, where they immigrated in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution.

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Morris Berk papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn73570
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The Morris Berk papers consists of photographs and correspondence related to the Berk family of Schwanfeld, Germany. The photographs consist of mostly pre-war photographs and portraits, including a photograph of soldiers, 1916. The correspondence includes letters to Moritz Berk and family, 1933-1939, including letter to Berk from 1933 announcing his explusion from a World War I veterans association.
Shallow pewter bowl with etched Hebrew owned by a German Jewish prewar emigre
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn73573
- English
- overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pewter bowl with etched Hebrew letters owned by Moritz Berk, who decided to leave Nazi Germany for the US in 1938. When Hitler came into power in January 1933, Moritz, his wife Berta, and their daughter Fraenze were living in Schwanfeld, where Morris's family had lived for generations. Under the Nazi government, Jews were persecuted and increasingly banned from areas of German society. Faced with rising anti-Semitism, Moritz, Berta, Fraenze, and Berta’s mother Jette, decided to immigrate to the United States. Berta’s brother, Max Lonnerstaedter, sponsored their 1938 emigration to New York. ...
Handmade paper photo pocket owned by a German Jewish prewar emigre to the United States
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn73574
- English
- overall: Height: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Paper photograph packet owned by Moritz Berk, who decided to leave Nazi Germany for the US in 1938. When Hitler came into power in January 1933, Moritz, his wife Berta, and their daughter Fraenze were living in Schwanfeld, where Morris' family had lived for generations. Under the Nazi government, Jews were persecuted and increasingly banned from areas of German society. Faced with rising anti-Semitism, Moritz, Berta, Fraenze, and Berta’s mother Jette, decided to immigrate to the United States. Berta’s brother, Max Lonnerstaedter, sponsored their 1938 emigration to New York. Moritz’s brother...

Bertha and Morris Berk collection

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Morris Berk papers

Shallow pewter bowl with etched Hebrew owned by a German Jewish prewar emigre

Handmade paper photo pocket owned by a German Jewish prewar emigre to the United States