The three lives of Gizel Berman

Identifier
irn504255
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0235
  • RG-02.157
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

,

1 sound cassette (60 min.),

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Gizel Berman (née Herskovits, Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine, 1919 - ) immigrated to the United States in 1946.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

In 1993 Gizel Berman donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

The memoir describes Gizel Berman's childhood in Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine, and Sobrance, Czechoslovakia, her schooling in Brussels, Belgium, the imprisonment and torture of Berman's boyfriend, Nick, her reunion with Nick and their marriage, their deportation to Auschwitz, Berman's transfer and life in Stutthof and her physical separation from her husband, her liberation and return to Uz︠h︡horod, her reunion with her husband, their immigration and assimilation into American culture, and their daughter's experiences with antisemitism.

Subjects

Genre

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