Bertha and Morris Berk collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn73570
• English
• folders 2
• Updated 7 months 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.

• 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 7 months 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. ...

• 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 7 months 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...