Burger family collection

Identifier
irn55046
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.191.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Josef Burger (later Joseph, 1919-1992) was born in 1919 in Vienna, Austria to Solomon and his wife. He had three siblings: Herman, Alfred, and Steffi. Steffi went to England on the Kindertransport. Alfred also went to England, but was arrested as an enemy alien and sent on the HMT Dunera to Australia, where he was interned in the Hay and Tatura camps before his release and return to England. Herman was in Trieste, Italy and then deported and perished during the war. Solomon fled to France and was sent to Rivesaltes transit camp before being deported to Auschwitz where he was killed. Joseph fled Vienna, stopping briefly in Zurich, Switzerland and Denmark before being held in the Merksplas internment camp in Belgium. He immigrated to the United States in March 1940. Josef later married Hannah (1920-2009) and had three children.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deborah Burger Kantrowitz and Marsha Burger Pincus

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Deborah Kantrowitz and Marsha Pincus.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents, photographs, clippings, correspondence, an English translation of a diary, and other materials documenting the experiences of Solomon Burger from Vienna, Austria and his children: Herman, Alfred, Joseph, and Steffi and their experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Ms. Deborah Kantrowitz

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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.