Miriam wattenberg biography

  • Mary Berg (born Miriam Wattenberg; October 10, 1924 – April 2013) was a.
  • Mary Berg was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and author of a Holocaust diary, which contains her personal journal entries written between October 10, 1939, and March 5, 1944, during the occupation of Poland in World War II.
  • Mary Berg, the author of Warsaw Ghetto: A Diary (1945), was born Miriam Wattenberg in 1924 in Lodz, Poland.

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    Overview

    Caption
    Miriam Wattenberg (Mary Berg) walks down a street of the Warsaw ghetto with a friend in the Jewish police.

    Date
    1941 August 02

    Locale
    Warsaw, Poland

    Variant Locale
    Warszawa
    Varshava
    Warschau

    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mary Berg

    Rights & Restrictions

    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    Provenance: Mary Berg

    Second Provenance: Dr. Steven Powell

    Source Record ID: Collections: 2014.405.1

    Keywords & Subjects

    Keyword
    ARMBANDSBERG, MARYGHETTO/OCCUPATIONJEWS (POLISH)POLICE (JEWISH)STREET SCENESWARSAWYOUTH (13-20 YEARS)

    Photo Designation
    GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- WARSAW (Poland) -- Daily Life/Street Scenes -- Street Portraits

    Administrative Notes

    Biography
    Mary Berg (born Miriam Wattenberg, later Mary Pentin) was the daughter of a Polish father Shaya (Sruel, Stanley) Wattenberg and an American mother Lena Wattenberg. Mary was born October 10, 1924 in Lodz and had younger sister Anna. She was on vacation when war broke out and returned to Lodz. After learning that German troops had broken through the Polish front lines, the family fled to Warsaw. After supplies dwindle

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    Mary Berg

    This article is about diarist and Holocaust survivor Mary Berg. For the Canadian chef and television host, see Mary Berg (chef).

    Mary Berg

    Front cover of The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing up in the Warsaw Ghetto by Mary Berg

    Born

    Miriam Wattenberg


    October 10, 1924

    Łódź, Poland

    DiedApril 2013 (aged 88)

    York, Pennsylvania, United States

    OccupationDiarist
    SpouseWilliam Pentin

    Mary Berg (born Miriam Wattenberg; October 10, 1924[a] – April 2013)[2] was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and author of a Holocaust diary, which contains her personal journal entries written between October 10, 1939, and March 5, 1944, during the occupation of Poland in World War II.[3]

    Life

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    Mary Berg's father was Shaya (Sruel, Stanley) Wattenberg, a local gallery owner in prewar Łódź. Her mother Lena, was an American citizen residing in the Second Polish Republic. Lena Wattenberg's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benno Zol, were the Zolotarewski (later Zol) family of Long Branch, New Jersey. Mary had a sister, Anna. The sisters qualified for American citizenship by virtue of their mother's nationality.[4]

    During the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the family relocated to Warsaw from Łódź. Due to their Ame

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