Berish and Paula Gurtman photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Berish Gurtman
- Paula Gurtman
Biographical History
Bernard (Berish) Gurtman (1905-1983) was born in Chorostków, Poland (now Khorostkiv, Ukraine) to Aharon and Miriam Gurman. Paula Gurtman (1918-2012) was born in Stryj, Poland (now Stryi, Ukraine) to Chaim and Taube Hammer. Paula survived the Holocaust in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. She met and married Berish at Kibbutz Hatikvah at the Hofgeismar displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. They moved to Badgastein in November 1946 to rejoin Berish’s brother, and in November 1947 they were transferred to an empty military camp somewhere between Badgastein and Salzburg. They later immigrated to the United States.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Marilyn Gurtman-Oppenheimer, daughter of Berish and Paula Gurtman, donated the Berish and Paula Gurtman photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of six photographs depicting Berish and Paula Gurtman and other refugees in Kibbutz Hatikvah in Hofgeismar, Germany, and in a displaced persons camp in Badgastein, Austria, after World War II.
System of Arrangement
The Berish and Paula Gurtman photographs are arranged as a single folder.
People
- Gurtman, Berish, 1905-1983.
- Gurtman, Paula, 1918-2012.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Austria--Badgastein.
- Jews--Ukraine--Khorostkiv.
- Jews--Ukraine--Stryi.
- Hofgeismar (Germany)
- Badgastein (Austria)
- Holocaust survivors--Germany--Hofgeismar.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document