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Greta and Fred Burg papers

Document | Accession Number: 2016.548.1

The collection documents the experiences of Manfred (Fred) and Greta (née Neumann) Burg, both originally from Vienna, Austria, who separately fled Europe to Sosúa, Dominican Republic during World War II. The collection includes letters to Fred in England and Sosúa from his family in Vienna and Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine); two immigration documents regarding Fred’s attempts to bring his mother and brother to Sosúa; Greta’s birth certificate and naturalization certificate; and photographs of the Burg and Neumann families, including depictions of family life in the Dominican Republic.

Date
inclusive:  1909-circa 1960
bulk:  1938-1948
Language
German
English
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Letters.
Extent
6 folders
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fay Silverman

About This Document

Document Creator
Fred Burg
Greta Burg
Biography
Manfred Burg (Fred, 1922-2014) was born in Vienna, Austria to Leo (b. 1889) and Franni (b. 1891) Burg. He had one brother, Paul. Fred fled to England on a Kindertransport after the German annexation of Vienna in 1938. By 1940 Fred had immigrated to Sosúa, Dominican Republic. His father was deported from Vienna by 1940 to Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine). His parents and brother perished during the Holocaust. He married Greta Neumann while in Sosúa, and they immigrated to the United States in 1948.
Greta Burg (née Neumann, 1928-1993) was born in Vienna, Austria to Hildegard (née Steiner, 1897-1982) and Jechiel David Neumann (1896-1964). She had one sister, Erica (b. 1931). Jechiel was a World War I veteran. In 1934, after Jechiel lost his job due to anti-Semitism, the family moved to Milan, Italy. After the German annexation of Vienna in 1938, the family decided they needed to emigrate from Europe. They went to Switzerland in October 1938 shortly before their visas were to expire. Jeichel then went to France and joined the French Foreign Legion. In 1941 Greta and her mother and sister emigrated from Milan to the Dominican Republic where they were reunited with her father in Sosúa. Greta met and married Fred while in Sosúa, and they immigrated to the United States in 1948.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series. Folder 1. Burg, Fred: Correspondence, 1938-1939; Folder 2. Burg, Fred: Correspondence, 1940-1945 and undated; Folder 3. Burg, Fred: Immigration correspondence, 1941; Folder 4. Burg, Greta: Birth certificate and naturalization certificate, 1928, 1954; Folder 5. Photographs: Burg family, 1909-1946; Folder 6. Photographs, Neumann family, circa 1920, 1941-circa 1960

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Fay Silverman.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
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