Bertl a story of a unique Holocaust survival

Identifier

irn504152

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1994.A.0217
RG-02.131

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504152

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Robert Geminder donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

Describes the experiences of Bertha Geminder Brotfeld (Bertl Glotzer Geminder Brotfeld, b. 1912) and her two children, George and Robert Geminder, before the Nazi occupation of Poland; during an Aktion at a cemetery; their stay in the ghetto in Stanislawów, Poland (now Ivano-Frankivsḱ, Ukraine); their experiences during the Warsaw Uprising; their eventual liberation; and their travel to the American Zone in Germany. Bertha later immigrated to the United States.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

People

Geminder, Menachem Mendel.
Brotfeld, Bertl Glotzer Geminder.
Brotfeld, Emil.
Geminder, Robert.
Geminder, George.

Subjects

Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Ivano-Frankivsḱ.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.

Genre

Document

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.