Bertl a story of a unique Holocaust survival
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Robert Geminder donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
Scope and Content
Describes the experiences of Bertha Geminder Brotfeld (Bertl Glotzer Geminder Brotfeld, b. 1912) and her two children, George and Robert Geminder, before the Nazi occupation of Poland; during an Aktion at a cemetery; their stay in the ghetto in Stanislawów, Poland (now Ivano-Frankivsḱ, Ukraine); their experiences during the Warsaw Uprising; their eventual liberation; and their travel to the American Zone in Germany. Bertha later immigrated to the United States.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Robert Geminder
People
- Geminder, Robert.
- Brotfeld, Bertl Glotzer Geminder.
- Geminder, Menachem Mendel.
- Brotfeld, Emil.
- Geminder, George.
Subjects
- Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--Ivano-Frankivsḱ.
Genre
- Document