Bergman family photograph collection

Identifier
irn84181
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.209.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84181

Extent and Medium

1 photograph album,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gerry and Barbara Bergman

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Gerry and Barbara Bergman.

Scope and Content

Contains a photograph album which belonged to Harry Bergman (donor's father), who was born in Kraschen, Germany (today Krosnice, Poland) on March 1, 1909. He lived in Berlin and was married to Alice Simon; he was an athlete and hoped to compete in the 1936 Olympics. They moved to Brussels, Belgium to escape persecution, but on September 12, 1942 they were both deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau; Harry survived Auschwitz, Blechhammer, Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. After the war, Harry married Bronia Abramowicz and the two lived in New York.

Genre

  • Photograph albums.
  • Document
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