Overview
- Description
- The memoir describes Gizel Berman's childhood in Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine, and Sobrance, Czechoslovakia, her schooling in Brussels, Belgium, the imprisonment and torture of Berman's boyfriend, Nick, her reunion with Nick and their marriage, their deportation to Auschwitz, Berman's transfer and life in Stutthof and her physical separation from her husband, her liberation and return to Uz︠h︡horod, her reunion with her husband, their immigration and assimilation into American culture, and their daughter's experiences with antisemitism.
- Date
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undated:
- Collection Creator
- Gizel Berman
- Biography
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Gizel Berman (née Herskovits, Uz︠h︡horod, Ukraine, 1919 - ) immigrated to the United States in 1946.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 sound cassette (60 min.).
- Extent
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5 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).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Czechoslovakia. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives. Jewish women in the Holocaust--Biography. Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States. Antisemitism--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Uz︠h︡horod (Ukraine) United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Sobrance (Slovakia)
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Stutthof (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- In 1993 Gizel Berman donated the memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:01:30
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504255
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