Burger family collection
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Overview
- Description
- Collection of documents, photographs, clippings, correspondence, an English translation of a diary, and other materials documenting the experiences of Solomon Burger from Vienna, Austria and his children: Herman, Alfred, Joseph, and Steffi and their experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1922-1976
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deborah Burger Kantrowitz and Marsha Burger Pincus
- Collection Creator
- Joseph Burger
Alfred Burger - Biography
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Josef Burger (later Joseph, 1919-1992) was born in 1919 in Vienna, Austria to Solomon and his wife. He had three siblings: Herman, Alfred, and Steffi. Steffi went to England on the Kindertransport. Alfred also went to England, but was arrested as an enemy alien and sent on the HMT Dunera to Australia, where he was interned in the Hay and Tatura camps before his release and return to England. Herman was in Trieste, Italy and then deported and perished during the war. Solomon fled to France and was sent to Rivesaltes transit camp before being deported to Auschwitz where he was killed. Joseph fled Vienna, stopping briefly in Zurich, Switzerland and Denmark before being held in the Merksplas internment camp in Belgium. He immigrated to the United States in March 1940. Josef later married Hannah (1920-2009) and had three children.
Physical Details
- Extent
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3 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Deborah Kantrowitz
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- Belgium. Italy. United States--Emigration and immigration. Vienna (Austria)
- Personal Name
- Burger, Josef.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Deborah Kantrowitz and Marsha Pincus.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:40:36
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn55046
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