Stern family papers

Identifier
irn29086
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.219.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Lithuanian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Bernard Stern (1913-2000) was born Berl Stern on 20 April 1913 in Tauragė, Lithuania to Chava and Yosef Stern. He had 6 siblings: Ephraim, Jakob, Josheved, Shara, Smul, and Solim. Bernard became a pharmacist and lived in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania). He met Cipora Kagan while living there and they married. Their son Ben-Zion was born in 1939. In August 1941 the family was sent to the Kovno ghetto. Ben-Zion was murdered in a Children’s Action in March 1944. In July 1944 Bernard was deported to the Dachau concentration camp. Cipora was deported in the same month to Stuffhof. He was liberated in April 1945. Bernard and Cipora were reunited after the war and lived in the Landsberg displaced person camp until December 1947 when they moved to Munich, Germany. While living in Landsberg, Bernard became the chief pharmacist for the camp. Their daughter Marlene was born on 27 January 1947. In May 1949 the family immigrated to the United States.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlene Stern

Marlene Stern donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.

Scope and Content

Consists of 38 black and white photographic prints and twenty-one documents concerning Berl (later Bernard) and Cipora Stern in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania during the Holocaust and their life in the Landsberg displaced persons camp with their daughter Marlene, born in the camp; dated circa 1940’s.

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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.