Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of photographs depicting the Holocaust-era experiences of Bernard Stern and his wife Cipora Stern (née Kagan). Included is a photographic postcard depicting Cipora (seated right) and another woman in Lithuania, circa 1935; the medical faculty of a university in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1939; and a post-war depicting a woman with a baby in her arms, 1947.
- Date
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inclusive:
1935-1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marlene Stern
- Collection Creator
- Bernard Stern
- Biography
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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.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Lithuania.
- Geographic Name
- Kaunas (Lithuania)
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 in 1995 by Marlene Stern.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:28:41
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Also in Bernard Stern collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of the Stern family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Identity tag issued and worn by Jewish man in Dachau concentration camp
Object
Issued to Bernard Stern at Dachau concentration camp.
Stern family papers
Document
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.
