Hermine Berkovits collection

Identifier
irn521809
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.151
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Dorothy Shapiro donated these documents regarding her aunt to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Mar. 17, 2004.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents that relate the Holocaust era experiences of Hermine Berkovits, a French Jewish woman who survived the war with her children. Her children spent the war in hiding, and while using false papers, she helped to find hiding places for other Jewish children. Includes a copy of a photograph of Hermine, her children, and the children she helped to hide. Also included is a copy of a letter from the Red Cross stating that Henrich Berkovits (Hermine's husband) perished in Auschwitz.

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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.