Bernat Berk papers

Identifier
irn619924
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.297.1
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1993
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn619924

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Steve, Linda, and Amanda Berk

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Steve Berk, son of Bernat Berk

Scope and Content

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.

Corporate Bodies

  • Pocking (Displaced persons camp)

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust survivors--Switzerland.

Genre

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.

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