Herman and Ethel Berger family collection

Identifier: irn525100
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn525100

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Felicia Berger Sturzer.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a boy's suit, trousers, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman and Ethel Berger and their son family before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland when they lived in hiding as well as their immigration to Bolivia in the early 1950s.

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Berger family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533692
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographs and documents illustrating the experiences of Herman Berger (b. 1901 in Nadworna, Poland) and Ethel [Etka] Berger (b. 1902 in Stanislawow, Poland) who placed their child Meyer in hiding during the Holocaust, then they evaded the Nazis through the rest of the war. After the war ended, they returned to where their son was in hiding, only to find out that he had been denounced and did not survive. Contains identification cards issued in Bielsko, Poland and La Paz, Bolivia, where the family went in the early 1950s; photographs of Herman, Etka and Meyer pre-war and wartime, and of He...
Boy's brown striped suit recovered postwar by his parents
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533696
- English
- a: Height: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Width: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm) b: Height: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Boy's suit recovered by Herman and Ethel Berger in Poland after the war. It had been worn by their son Meyer, who did not survive. After the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939, they had placed Meyer in hiding and then gone into hiding separately. After the war ended, they returned to get their son, only to find out that he had been denounced.
Boy's brown checked pants recovered postwar by his parents
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533705
- English
- overall: Height: 16.500 inches (41.91 cm) | Width: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Trousers recovered by Herman and Ethel Berger in Poland after the war. They had belonged to their son Meyer, who did not survive. After the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939, they had placed Meyer in hiding and then gone into hiding separately. After the war ended, they returned to get their son, only to find out that he had been denounced.

Herman and Ethel Berger family collection

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Berger family papers

Boy's brown striped suit recovered postwar by his parents

Boy's brown checked pants recovered postwar by his parents