Bernat Berk collection

Identifier: irn600041
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn600041

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Steve, Linda, and Amanda Berk, son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter of Bernat Berk.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a prayer book with loose inserts, a pair of tefillin with covers and pouch, a Tallis with a bag, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Bernat Berk as a displaced person in Germany, Switzerland, and Australia after the Holocaust.

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Bernat Berk papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619924
- English
- 1945-1993
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains material documenting the experiences of Holocaust survivor Bernat Berk as a displaced person and after his arrival in the United States. Includes an identity card issued to Baernat Berkovitz upon entering Davos 22 June 1948; identification documents; a telegram; housing assignment document for Pocking DP camp; a Kennkarte issued 1952; a Ketubah and wedding photograph; a United States naturalization certificate for Bernat Berk, dated July 14, 1959; and an invitation to a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum event in 1993.
Prayer book and paper insert acquired by a Czechoslovakian Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn620108
- English
- a: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Prayer book and paper insert acquired by Bernat Berkowitz (later, Berk) in Switzerland, while recuperating from tuberculosis between December 1947 and July 1950. Bernat lived with his parents and three younger brothers in Chust, Czechoslovakia, when the region was annexed by Hungary with the aid of Germany in 1939. On April 20, 1944, the entire family (except Bernat’s brother, Herman, who was an apprentice in Budapest) were forced into a ghetto in Chust, and then deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Bernat’s parents, Regina and Israel, and youngest brother, Is...
Pair of tefillin and bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn620109
- English
- a: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) b: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) c: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) e: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Pair of tefillin and an embroidered velvet pouch given to Bernat Berkowitz (later, Berk) by a U.S. Army chaplain while he was in a displaced persons facility in Germany between May 1946 and December 1947. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Bernat lived with his parents and three younger brothers in Chust, Czechoslovakia, when the region was annexed by Hungary with the aid of Germany in 1939. On April 20, 1944, the entire family (except Bernat’s brother, Herman, who was an apprentice in Budapest) we...
Tallis with bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn620110
- English
- a: Height: 20.125 inches (51.118 cm) | Width: 69.125 inches (175.578 cm) b: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tallis and fabric pouch given to Bernat Berkowitz (later, Berk) by a U.S. Army chaplain while he was in a displaced persons facility in Germany between May 1946 and December 1947. A tallis is a specialized shawl worn by Orthodox Jewish males during morning prayers. Bernat lived with his parents and three younger brothers in Chust, Czechoslovakia, when the region was annexed by Hungary with the aid of Germany in 1939. On April 20, 1944, the entire family (except Bernat’s brother, Herman, who was an apprentice in Budapest) were forced into a ghetto in Chust, and then deported to Auschwitz con...

Bernat Berk collection

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Bernat Berk papers

Prayer book and paper insert acquired by a Czechoslovakian Jewish man

Pair of tefillin and bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain

Tallis with bag given to a Czechoslovakian Jewish man by a U.S. Army chaplain