Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Boy's suit recovered by Herman and Ethel Berger in Poland after the war. It had been worn by their son Meyer, who did not survive. After the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939, they had placed Meyer in hiding and then gone into hiding separately. After the war ended, they returned to get their son, only to find out that he had been denounced.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Felicia Berger Sturzer
Physical Details
- Classification
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Clothing and Dress
- Category
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Children's clothing
- Object Type
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Suits (Clothing) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Boy's light brown cotton long-sleeved shirt with vertical brown stripes and two front pockets.
b. Boy's light brown cotton pants with vertical brown stripes. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Width: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm)
b: Height: 31.000 inches (78.74 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) - Materials
- overall : cotton, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The suit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Felicia Berger Sturzer.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:02:05
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn533696
Also in Herman and Ethel Berger family collection
The collection consists of a boy's suit, trousers, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Herman and Ethel Berger and their son family before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland when they lived in hiding as well as their immigration to Bolivia in the early 1950s.
Boy's brown checked pants recovered postwar by his parents
Object
Trousers recovered by Herman and Ethel Berger in Poland after the war. They had belonged to their son Meyer, who did not survive. After the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany in September 1939, they had placed Meyer in hiding and then gone into hiding separately. After the war ended, they returned to get their son, only to find out that he had been denounced.
Berger family papers
Document
Photographs and documents illustrating the experiences of Herman Berger (b. 1901 in Nadworna, Poland) and Ethel [Etka] Berger (b. 1902 in Stanislawow, Poland) who placed their child Meyer in hiding during the Holocaust, then they evaded the Nazis through the rest of the war. After the war ended, they returned to where their son was in hiding, only to find out that he had been denounced and did not survive. Contains identification cards issued in Bielsko, Poland and La Paz, Bolivia, where the family went in the early 1950s; photographs of Herman, Etka and Meyer pre-war and wartime, and of Herman, Ethel and their daughter Felicia, who was born in 1946.
