Stern family papers
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Creator(s)
- Bernard Stern
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.
People
- Bernard Stern
Corporate Bodies
- Landsberg am Lech (Displaced persons camp)
Subjects
- Kaunas (Lithuania)
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document