Bernat Berk collection

• 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.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...