Fruma Gulkowitz Berger collection
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 and 2007 by Ralph S. Berger, son of Fruma Gulkowitz Berger.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a fork, spoon, originals and photocopies of poems and prose writings, a composition book of poetry, newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, and photographs relating to the experiences of Frances (Fruma) Gulkowitz Berger, Murray Berger (originally Mordechai Shmulewicz), and Elliot Berger (originally Elia Shmulewicz) during the Holocaust in Poland where they were interned in ghettos and then escaped and joined the Bielski partisan brigade, as well as their experiences in the postwar period.
Genre
- Collection