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

The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing up in the Warsaw Ghetto. Miriam Wattenberg. From Lodz, Poland Fled to Warsaw Mother (Lena), Father ( Shya ) & Sister (Anna) Father owned an art gallery Wealthier family Mother is an American born citizen Gave whole family protection and privileges.

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

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  1. The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing up in the Warsaw Ghetto

  2. Miriam Wattenberg • From Lodz, Poland • Fled to Warsaw • Mother (Lena), Father (Shya) & Sister (Anna) • Father owned an art gallery • Wealthier family • Mother is an American born citizen • Gave whole family protection and privileges

  3. Mary Berg’s Diary • Written in 12 spiral notebooks • Used a code language • First published February 1945 (before the war was over) • Warsaw Ghetto: A Diary • Shortened last name to Berg • Protect family and friends alive in Poland

  4. Warsaw Ghetto • First formed November 1940 • Mary only 15-years-old • Importance of wealth: bribing • Housing, education, labor camps and jobs • Surrounded by terror, but led normal lives • Formed illegal classes • Went to restaurants • Mary and friends formed a club: Lodz Artistic Group • Raise relief funds: put on plays

  5. Pawiak Prison • Citizens of neutral countries were interned • European and American countries • Mother in contact with a Gestapo agent • July 17, 1942: Interned as American citizens • With Polish born husband and daughters • Living conditions • Many families within cell • Mattresses filled with straw • Two meals a day • July 22, 1942: The Great Deportation • Saw over 300,000 Jews being deported

  6. Vittel Internment Camp • January 18, 1943: Vittel, France • Roomed in hotels • Luxuries of spas • Hospital • Movies and entertainment • Shops • Parks • Classes • The Red Cross • Monthly packaged food • Mary volunteered • Children’s art classes and playtime

  7. America • March 19, 1944: Selected for an exchange with German prisoners in the United States • Will not go back to Poland • Remembrance of friends and family killed • Post 1950s: Disassociated herself from the diary • To forget the past • Adult life is unknown

  8. Holocaust & Genocide Education • Few diaries/journals been saved • Who experienced living in ghettos or concentration camps • Survivors passing away • Not published again until 2007

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