https://bertlewyn.com On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:56:47 +0000 https://bertlewyn.com en https://bertlewyn.com/About-the-Authors Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:56:47 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/About-the-Authors About the Authors Bert LewynBert Lewyn was born Dagobert Lewin to Leopold and Johanna Wolff Lewin in Berlin, Germany on April 2, 1923. He was only eighteen when Gestapo officers knocked on his family’s Berlin home and told them to pack their bags. From this day forth Bert’s life was thrown into chaos; he would never see his parents again. From working as a slave laborer in a munitions factory, to ripping off his yellow star &amp; becoming a fugitive, Bert would spend the next seven years “underground,” hiding with righteous gentiles and in bombed out buildings, surviving through grit, perseverence, helpful comrades, and more than a couple of miracles. After the war, Bert spent a few years in the Feldafing Displaced Persons Camp, before making his way to the US to join family in Atlanta, GA. There he would make his life, build a successful business, marry his wife Esther, and have many children and grandchildren. Bert passed away peacefully in his Atlanta home on January 3, 2016 after a long battle with Alzheimers. He is survived by his wife, their five children, and six grandchildren. Bev Saltzman Lewyn Bev Saltzman Lewyn is the former Coordinator of News Research for CNN’s National Desk. &nbsp; She is the co-founder of Jewish Women’s Connection of Atlanta and is presently co-writing SuperParenting to the Rescue:&nbsp; Getting Your Kids To Listen, Cooperate, and DO! &nbsp; She lives in Atlanta with her husband Marc.&nbsp; They have four daughters. https://bertlewyn.com/Image-Index Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:52:21 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Image-Index Image Galleries To your right you will find thumbnail links to various categories of images in our visual archive. Click the arrows to each side of the image to progress through the slideshow, and click the image itself to see a large high-resolution image. Please continue to check in as more and more materials are digitized and uploaded! <img width="1999" height="1595" width_o="1999" height_o="1595" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/854f38f8c7aee723d2d554290d1718a438c344c1fc75273b62b909180a7f2648/Lewyn-fam-in-Kovno.jpeg" data-mid="36749210" border="0" alt="Before the War: Lewins, Levins, and Others" data-caption="Before the War: Lewins, Levins, and Others" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/854f38f8c7aee723d2d554290d1718a438c344c1fc75273b62b909180a7f2648/Lewyn-fam-in-Kovno.jpeg" /> <img width="782" height="1149" width_o="782" height_o="1149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dc92103cb273cadd200d4f7915335d8deb4d6d0fae75cff06f1aa76a607ccce/ORT-Work-Card-3.jpeg" data-mid="36728003" border="0" alt="Post-War, Pre-Emigration (1946-1949)" data-caption="Post-War, Pre-Emigration (1946-1949)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/782/i/4dc92103cb273cadd200d4f7915335d8deb4d6d0fae75cff06f1aa76a607ccce/ORT-Work-Card-3.jpeg" /> <img width="1300" height="1246" width_o="1300" height_o="1246" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9f2ea18360b03fc07a44a0292075db9fa8d063fa49bc14f876224c466918b16/Bert-face-1952.jpeg" data-mid="36728143" border="0" alt="Naturalization and Early life in the US" data-caption="Naturalization and Early life in the US" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9f2ea18360b03fc07a44a0292075db9fa8d063fa49bc14f876224c466918b16/Bert-face-1952.jpeg" /> <img width="1241" height="1744" width_o="1241" height_o="1744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/886de91552c2e6b0a9c850dc183d8ab4ed44903b6660a574fe309fd1e3034792/25II.48-side-one.jpeg" data-mid="36749122" border="0" alt="Letters &amp; Correspondence" data-caption="Letters &amp; Correspondence" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/886de91552c2e6b0a9c850dc183d8ab4ed44903b6660a574fe309fd1e3034792/25II.48-side-one.jpeg" /> <img width="727" height="939" width_o="727" height_o="939" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2858c1275d50cbf0f859834df6624edb73c4e249e456db0cf5102b2713222c/cropped-Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement-copy.jpeg" data-mid="36749018" border="0" alt="Lewyn Machinery" data-caption="Lewyn Machinery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/727/i/1d2858c1275d50cbf0f859834df6624edb73c4e249e456db0cf5102b2713222c/cropped-Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="605" height="592" width_o="605" height_o="592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8086910c3818afcd70cb45980d35f802a1a2646bb01506ea030ebd3a687c2dc8/Bert---Esther-with-granddaughter-rebeccaa-at-hebrew-school-2003.jpeg" data-mid="36748927" border="0" alt="Building a Family in the USA" data-caption="Building a Family in the USA" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/605/i/8086910c3818afcd70cb45980d35f802a1a2646bb01506ea030ebd3a687c2dc8/Bert---Esther-with-granddaughter-rebeccaa-at-hebrew-school-2003.jpeg" /> <img width="1193" height="1489" width_o="1193" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75057295a426ad6bba3ef5ebab2e03abb534bf3eeda8bb44b0b54863912fedbe/Bert-and-Esther-cutting-cake.jpeg" data-mid="36748832" border="0" alt="Bert &amp; Esther: selected photos from 65 years of marriage" data-caption="Bert &amp; Esther: selected photos from 65 years of marriage" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75057295a426ad6bba3ef5ebab2e03abb534bf3eeda8bb44b0b54863912fedbe/Bert-and-Esther-cutting-cake.jpeg" /> <img width="799" height="1192" width_o="799" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c68ea10a6720fa0c63b12719a6d54c016490ca8cd0bfd5c0d92fe44709fb009/Manuscripts.jpeg" data-mid="36727646" border="0" alt="Writing and Researching &quot;On the Run&quot;" data-caption="Writing and Researching &quot;On the Run&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/0c68ea10a6720fa0c63b12719a6d54c016490ca8cd0bfd5c0d92fe44709fb009/Manuscripts.jpeg" /> <img width="884" height="601" width_o="884" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bc7d44ea87385fef0d99e346d77becfefb2c76f402cede811a7167700a87696/Bert-speaking-w-Judenstern.jpeg" data-mid="36728454" border="0" alt="Publication and Speaking Engagements" data-caption="Publication and Speaking Engagements" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/884/i/3bc7d44ea87385fef0d99e346d77becfefb2c76f402cede811a7167700a87696/Bert-speaking-w-Judenstern.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Before-the-War Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:09:01 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Before-the-War Before the War: Lewins, Levins, and Others &nbsp; This gallery features images of Bert and his family in Europe before the destruction of the Holocaust reduced the Jewish population of Europe by over 65%. Given the enormity of what was lost, every preserved photograph and memory is precious. <img width="2552" height="3161" width_o="2552" height_o="3161" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/917321c5fbfa3adefc93a2e4f3312e1797f94ef5412ac6a03ab24ad8df4b51a2/dovid-levin-s-kovno-header-.jpeg" data-mid="36754779" border="0" alt="Selected examples of stationary used by Dovid Levin (Bert's paternal grandfather) in his suitcase and leather business in Kovno (Kaunas) Lithuania. Selections in Russian, Yiddish, Lithuanian, and German advertise for the business, founded 1891." data-caption="Selected examples of stationary used by Dovid Levin (Bert's paternal grandfather) in his suitcase and leather business in Kovno (Kaunas) Lithuania. Selections in Russian, Yiddish, Lithuanian, and German advertise for the business, founded 1891." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/917321c5fbfa3adefc93a2e4f3312e1797f94ef5412ac6a03ab24ad8df4b51a2/dovid-levin-s-kovno-header-.jpeg" /> <img width="512" height="810" width_o="512" height_o="810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b798bcaea8254973599cd3a42b22e682a031db586c454a9b76f88c4c01e0e201/Portrait-of-man-reading--1923-FRONT.jpeg" data-mid="36844597" border="0" alt="Portrait card of one of Bert's uncles &mdash; possibly Gerson. Kovno, 1923" data-caption="Portrait card of one of Bert's uncles — possibly Gerson. Kovno, 1923" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/b798bcaea8254973599cd3a42b22e682a031db586c454a9b76f88c4c01e0e201/Portrait-of-man-reading--1923-FRONT.jpeg" /> <img width="499" height="808" width_o="499" height_o="808" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff826519f1b7640507e381c244c120f2e3e3088c3f0264528551bc60aa022f13/Postcard-with-Woman-s-Portrait--Kovno-1928-FRONT.jpeg" data-mid="36844398" border="0" alt="Postcard portrait of Bert's Aunt Chasia (Kovno, 1928)" data-caption="Postcard portrait of Bert's Aunt Chasia (Kovno, 1928)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/499/i/ff826519f1b7640507e381c244c120f2e3e3088c3f0264528551bc60aa022f13/Postcard-with-Woman-s-Portrait--Kovno-1928-FRONT.jpeg" /> <img width="790" height="488" width_o="790" height_o="488" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de12e7a285cdb98aac01337a6e827d863d97e476042dd9e3545b2082a84ee055/-Mishael----Family--Kovno--1934---FRONT.jpeg" data-mid="36844836" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Portrait of Bert's Uncle Moses with his wife and son. Kovno, 1932" data-caption="Portrait of Bert's Uncle Moses with his wife and son. Kovno, 1932" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/de12e7a285cdb98aac01337a6e827d863d97e476042dd9e3545b2082a84ee055/-Mishael----Family--Kovno--1934---FRONT.jpeg" /> <img width="500" height="788" width_o="500" height_o="788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d3a58cedeac0ca628d7134ef55d0074ec6d52b01263e5b2785c7035d9672e51/Postcard-with-Man-s-Portrait-labelled--Atelier--JACOBY--Kaunas--Kovno-1938-FRONT.jpeg" data-mid="36844449" border="0" alt="A portrait of Bert's Uncle Chapse, taken at a studio in Kovno, 1934. Chapse was one of the only other survivors in the Lewin family, he left Lithuania for Palestine not long after this photo was taken." data-caption="A portrait of Bert's Uncle Chapse, taken at a studio in Kovno, 1934. Chapse was one of the only other survivors in the Lewin family, he left Lithuania for Palestine not long after this photo was taken." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/1d3a58cedeac0ca628d7134ef55d0074ec6d52b01263e5b2785c7035d9672e51/Postcard-with-Man-s-Portrait-labelled--Atelier--JACOBY--Kaunas--Kovno-1938-FRONT.jpeg" /> <img width="815" height="525" width_o="815" height_o="525" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c6186065856e3ab3e15f47b38844496d8cc7e04f1ed4314fd4e621ccc725439/man-at-desk-writing---Shabati-.jpeg" data-mid="36844685" border="0" alt="One of Bert's uncles, possibly Chapse. Kovno." data-caption="One of Bert's uncles, possibly Chapse. Kovno." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/815/i/3c6186065856e3ab3e15f47b38844496d8cc7e04f1ed4314fd4e621ccc725439/man-at-desk-writing---Shabati-.jpeg" /> <img width="1999" height="1595" width_o="1999" height_o="1595" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64769c469e06297f528f479a7fcd9d0bbb5271947646e9f5b0c595431e4db96e/Lewyn-fam-in-Kovno.jpeg" data-mid="36754780" border="0" alt="Family portrait of the Levins in Kovno, Lithuania. Not pictured are Bert&rsquo;s parents Leopold and Johanna Lewin, who were living in Berlin, and his uncle Boris Levin, who was living in Moscow. FRONT ROW: Basva, Chana, Sarah, Mordecai, Dov-Berl. MIDDLE: Chave, Hirsh, Minne, Emanuel, Dovid, Benjamin, Riva. BACK: Chaim Tevye, Bluma, Gerson, Golda, Chapse, Chasia, Moses, Meier Gutman. This photograph was originally sent by Dovid Levin (Bert&rsquo;s paternal grandfather, pictured center with beard) to Rabbi Tobias Geffen in Atlanta. This photo along with others was obtained from Rabbi Geffen&rsquo;s archvies at the American-Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts. Of those pictured, the only survivors of the Holocaust were Benjamin, Riva, Dov-Berl, and Chapse." data-caption="Family portrait of the Levins in Kovno, Lithuania. Not pictured are Bert’s parents Leopold and Johanna Lewin, who were living in Berlin, and his uncle Boris Levin, who was living in Moscow. FRONT ROW: Basva, Chana, Sarah, Mordecai, Dov-Berl. MIDDLE: Chave, Hirsh, Minne, Emanuel, Dovid, Benjamin, Riva. BACK: Chaim Tevye, Bluma, Gerson, Golda, Chapse, Chasia, Moses, Meier Gutman. This photograph was originally sent by Dovid Levin (Bert’s paternal grandfather, pictured center with beard) to Rabbi Tobias Geffen in Atlanta. This photo along with others was obtained from Rabbi Geffen’s archvies at the American-Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts. Of those pictured, the only survivors of the Holocaust were Benjamin, Riva, Dov-Berl, and Chapse." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64769c469e06297f528f479a7fcd9d0bbb5271947646e9f5b0c595431e4db96e/Lewyn-fam-in-Kovno.jpeg" /> <img width="882" height="1321" width_o="882" height_o="1321" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc620fd9a5ca3f675bacf87d2c1f759cf2eb1dc8172122eca99b66c1e7c8bda2/Baby-papa.jpeg" data-mid="36754778" border="0" alt="Bert at age 6 in Berlin, holding a &quot;zuckerhut,&quot; a paper cone full of candies and chocolates, traditionally given to a child on their first day of school, to associate learning with sweetness and joy." data-caption="Bert at age 6 in Berlin, holding a &quot;zuckerhut,&quot; a paper cone full of candies and chocolates, traditionally given to a child on their first day of school, to associate learning with sweetness and joy." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/882/i/fc620fd9a5ca3f675bacf87d2c1f759cf2eb1dc8172122eca99b66c1e7c8bda2/Baby-papa.jpeg" /> <img width="1269" height="1642" width_o="1269" height_o="1642" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0780c7540466d090732dabdde01b0d6cc1dfa58986c11daaf35876bf6a59c1e8/Leslie-Brent--Fred-Gerstel--and-Bert-1935-at-Waisenhaus.jpeg" data-mid="36754781" border="0" alt="Leslie Baruch Brent, Fred Gerstl, and Bert in soccer outfits, in the courtard of the J&uuml;disches Waisenhaus (Jewish Orphanage) in Pankow, Berlin. Approximately 1935, the boys would have been 13 here. After Jews were largely excluded from German public schools, the few private Jewish schools, like the one at this orphans' home, were the only options for Jewish children. Bert lived at the Waisenhaus from age eleven to fourteen, where he studied, made friends, and, on one occasion, hid from crowds of Hitler Youth, no older than the children in the orphanage, harrassing the Jews inside and attempting to break in. Bert had his Bar Mitzvah at age thirteen at the Waisenhaus. Leslie Brent (on the left) left Berlin on the first kindertransport to England and grew up to be part of the team that won the 1960 Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance. " data-caption="Leslie Baruch Brent, Fred Gerstl, and Bert in soccer outfits, in the courtard of the Jüdisches Waisenhaus (Jewish Orphanage) in Pankow, Berlin. Approximately 1935, the boys would have been 13 here. After Jews were largely excluded from German public schools, the few private Jewish schools, like the one at this orphans' home, were the only options for Jewish children. Bert lived at the Waisenhaus from age eleven to fourteen, where he studied, made friends, and, on one occasion, hid from crowds of Hitler Youth, no older than the children in the orphanage, harrassing the Jews inside and attempting to break in. Bert had his Bar Mitzvah at age thirteen at the Waisenhaus. Leslie Brent (on the left) left Berlin on the first kindertransport to England and grew up to be part of the team that won the 1960 Nobel Prize for Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0780c7540466d090732dabdde01b0d6cc1dfa58986c11daaf35876bf6a59c1e8/Leslie-Brent--Fred-Gerstel--and-Bert-1935-at-Waisenhaus.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Post-War-Pre-Emigration-1946-1949 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:12:05 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Post-War-Pre-Emigration-1946-1949 Post-War, Pre-Emigration (1946-1949)&nbsp; From 1946 to 1949, Bert lived in the Displaced Persons Camp in Feldafing, a municipality in the state of Bavaria, Germany with his Aunt Riva. While at Feldafing, a DP camp particularly known for its rich educational, cultural, and religious life, Bert was in the minority as a German Jew, surrounded mostly by Jewish refugees from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Hungary. He learned to speak Yiddish, lived an observant Jewish life, worked as a welding tutor, took special pedagogical&nbsp; training in Stockholm and, eventually, recieved the telegraph that would put him in touch with his family in the United States and a way out. <img width="1057" height="730" width_o="1057" height_o="730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5076cd256fbbcb414746fd6325c7f4d2a1ba7dcca62be604adc579b8e468aa14/Riva-and-Bert-Feldafing.jpeg" data-mid="36754815" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Bert with his Aunt, Riva Gutman. Her husband and children having been brutally murdered by the Nazis, and Riva herself having survived concentration camps, forced labor, and forced marches, she eventually found Bert in L&uuml;bars at the countryside home of the Kusitzkys, where he had been regaining his strength post-war, desperate to discover the fate and whereabouts of his parents and others. Soon after, Bert and Riva would make their way to Feldafing, a Displaced Persons camp for Jewish refugees in Bavaria. Bert and Riva developed a close, intimate, friendship in the camp, and in many ways she became like a second mother to him, his closest surviving family. They would go on to exchange letters for many years after he settled in the US and she in Israel." data-caption="Bert with his Aunt, Riva Gutman. Her husband and children having been brutally murdered by the Nazis, and Riva herself having survived concentration camps, forced labor, and forced marches, she eventually found Bert in Lübars at the countryside home of the Kusitzkys, where he had been regaining his strength post-war, desperate to discover the fate and whereabouts of his parents and others. Soon after, Bert and Riva would make their way to Feldafing, a Displaced Persons camp for Jewish refugees in Bavaria. Bert and Riva developed a close, intimate, friendship in the camp, and in many ways she became like a second mother to him, his closest surviving family. They would go on to exchange letters for many years after he settled in the US and she in Israel." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5076cd256fbbcb414746fd6325c7f4d2a1ba7dcca62be604adc579b8e468aa14/Riva-and-Bert-Feldafing.jpeg" /> <img width="1177" height="1649" width_o="1177" height_o="1649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65ec6ea1f88cfe13a133abc7a7e7d716346249bf44549f564c98671859913233/IRO-Certificate-Cover.jpeg" data-mid="36754806" border="0" alt="Header page for Bert's certificate of successful completion of professional testing by the IRO (International Refugee Organization) an org. founded in 1946 to respond to the massive refugee crisis throughout Europe." data-caption="Header page for Bert's certificate of successful completion of professional testing by the IRO (International Refugee Organization) an org. founded in 1946 to respond to the massive refugee crisis throughout Europe." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65ec6ea1f88cfe13a133abc7a7e7d716346249bf44549f564c98671859913233/IRO-Certificate-Cover.jpeg" /> <img width="2333" height="1649" width_o="2333" height_o="1649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60f819ca3797c87c673e14fb743f1b5b707d1c622f3c0d62beaced858737ed23/IRO-Certificate-inside.jpeg" data-mid="36754807" border="0" alt="This certificate from the IRO's Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board, dated March 16, 1948, certified Bert's qualifications as a welder. This would become very important as later that year he would apply to and attend training through ORT to study teaching and pedagogy in Sweden &mdash; skills he would apply back in Feldafing as a welding instructor for fellow refugees." data-caption="This certificate from the IRO's Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board, dated March 16, 1948, certified Bert's qualifications as a welder. This would become very important as later that year he would apply to and attend training through ORT to study teaching and pedagogy in Sweden — skills he would apply back in Feldafing as a welding instructor for fellow refugees." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60f819ca3797c87c673e14fb743f1b5b707d1c622f3c0d62beaced858737ed23/IRO-Certificate-inside.jpeg" /> <img width="782" height="1149" width_o="782" height_o="1149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a697dffc27b4c94e072332f57dbeb21734dfd1deeddf1f8236a958ab52f07d5/ORT-Work-Card-2.jpeg" data-mid="36754812" border="0" alt="Work card page identifying Bert as a &quot;teacher of welder's worskhop&quot; under the auspices of the ORT school. (2/4)" data-caption="Work card page identifying Bert as a &quot;teacher of welder's worskhop&quot; under the auspices of the ORT school. (2/4)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/782/i/1a697dffc27b4c94e072332f57dbeb21734dfd1deeddf1f8236a958ab52f07d5/ORT-Work-Card-2.jpeg" /> <img width="1181" height="865" width_o="1181" height_o="865" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18ada4c83041ae3e2d4622781c0f4c76f2046f146100df0fa2fd241d5a4afafe/ORT-Work-Card-1.jpeg" data-mid="36754811" border="0" alt="Bert's ID and Work Card through World ORT &mdash; issued January 15, 1948 (1/4)" data-caption="Bert's ID and Work Card through World ORT — issued January 15, 1948 (1/4)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18ada4c83041ae3e2d4622781c0f4c76f2046f146100df0fa2fd241d5a4afafe/ORT-Work-Card-1.jpeg" /> <img width="782" height="1149" width_o="782" height_o="1149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07c57614e9b499ca889350dd4e21f8051ed7c068a2ff0184b8590b9276d1404e/ORT-Work-Card-3.jpeg" data-mid="36754813" border="0" alt="Inner page of Bert's ORT work card. Feldafing DP Camp was founded and initially run by the U.S Army, and was notable for being the first all-Jewish DP Camp in the U.S occupied zone. (3/4)" data-caption="Inner page of Bert's ORT work card. Feldafing DP Camp was founded and initially run by the U.S Army, and was notable for being the first all-Jewish DP Camp in the U.S occupied zone. (3/4)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/782/i/07c57614e9b499ca889350dd4e21f8051ed7c068a2ff0184b8590b9276d1404e/ORT-Work-Card-3.jpeg" /> <img width="1581" height="1144" width_o="1581" height_o="1144" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2836f99fa9f6e396382239073039840bed717949c72e5e77f39db6c9b5411af/ORT-Work-Card-4.jpeg" data-mid="36754814" border="0" alt="Back pages, ORT ID card, showing the dates of Bert's seminar in Sweden training as an instructor. (4/4)" data-caption="Back pages, ORT ID card, showing the dates of Bert's seminar in Sweden training as an instructor. (4/4)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2836f99fa9f6e396382239073039840bed717949c72e5e77f39db6c9b5411af/ORT-Work-Card-4.jpeg" /> <img width="1221" height="995" width_o="1221" height_o="995" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/065be388a396cfae8152a16b3b10efd8f7f2c3df82318a26a75339e23b922c87/letter-from-stockholm-2-ORT-docs.jpeg" data-mid="36818178" border="0" alt="An envelope addressed to Bert from Sweden, likely containing some initial correspondence regarding vocational training with ORT (Organization for Reconstruction and Training)." data-caption="An envelope addressed to Bert from Sweden, likely containing some initial correspondence regarding vocational training with ORT (Organization for Reconstruction and Training)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/065be388a396cfae8152a16b3b10efd8f7f2c3df82318a26a75339e23b922c87/letter-from-stockholm-2-ORT-docs.jpeg" /> <img width="1654" height="2338" width_o="1654" height_o="2338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43bf2a7c0686f9d0a74c7939e4cc4b0f41d742a1a3f59aa53444c608ecb07906/Royal-Board-of-Vocational-Training-certificate-Sweden.jpeg" data-mid="36754816" border="0" alt="Certificate from the Royal Board of Vocational Training in Sweden, noting Bert&rsquo;s hours of study and successful completion of a &ldquo;pedagogical course for the training of instructors and teachers at vocational schools.&rdquo; Dated November 27, 1948." data-caption="Certificate from the Royal Board of Vocational Training in Sweden, noting Bert’s hours of study and successful completion of a “pedagogical course for the training of instructors and teachers at vocational schools.” Dated November 27, 1948." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43bf2a7c0686f9d0a74c7939e4cc4b0f41d742a1a3f59aa53444c608ecb07906/Royal-Board-of-Vocational-Training-certificate-Sweden.jpeg" /> <img width="1579" height="2313" width_o="1579" height_o="2313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/388157616915c4b8b87302a721abda5ea236f37a4ea0d431eaba2b7358628c9d/letter-from-World-ORT-Union-re-bert-workingtraining-in-Paris.jpeg" data-mid="36754809" border="0" alt="A letter from the director of ORT offering Bert a position as assistant instructor in an ORT vocational school in Paris. Dated January 5, 1949." data-caption="A letter from the director of ORT offering Bert a position as assistant instructor in an ORT vocational school in Paris. Dated January 5, 1949." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/388157616915c4b8b87302a721abda5ea236f37a4ea0d431eaba2b7358628c9d/letter-from-World-ORT-Union-re-bert-workingtraining-in-Paris.jpeg" /> <img width="1221" height="987" width_o="1221" height_o="987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/551bda80837408986039f5906ef3fec10210dd590fbe1c6ce5a022d38d9cc363/envelope-of-letter-to-bert-from-stockholm-1949.jpeg" data-mid="36754805" border="0" alt="Envelope addressed to Bert from Stockholm, dated May 26, 1949. Just one month later he would find himself in the USA, making his way to Atlanta, GA where he would live with his aunt and uncle, Sara Hene and Rabbi Tobias Geffen." data-caption="Envelope addressed to Bert from Stockholm, dated May 26, 1949. Just one month later he would find himself in the USA, making his way to Atlanta, GA where he would live with his aunt and uncle, Sara Hene and Rabbi Tobias Geffen." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/551bda80837408986039f5906ef3fec10210dd590fbe1c6ce5a022d38d9cc363/envelope-of-letter-to-bert-from-stockholm-1949.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Naturalization-and-Early-Life-in-the-US Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:13:35 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Naturalization-and-Early-Life-in-the-US Naturalization and Early Life in the USAfter four years in the DP camp, Bert boarded the USAT Mercey on June 7, 1949. The ship was full of refugees from the Nazi Reich, mostly Jewish, and lasted twelve miserable days. Bert arrived in the United States on&nbsp; June 19th, 1949, when the Mercey made port in New York, New York. He was met by cousins, Aunt and Uncles, and after an unexpected weeklong stay, eventually arrived in Atlanta, GA. The 22 hour train ride from NYC brought him to the Union Station in Atlanta, where he was greeted by Rabbi Tobias Geffen, who greeted him in Yiddish, and brought him back to his wife and his home. That day, June 27th, 1949, was the first day of the rest of his life.&nbsp; <img width="564" height="367" width_o="564" height_o="367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1d899733f165891602859a3bb5479e1548491d41a090404b3c4a8247dca5b02/Alien-Registration-and-Receipt-Card---Front-1.jpeg" data-mid="36754850" border="0" alt="Bert's Alien Registration Receipt Card (front), signifying his status as a legal permanent residence in compliance with the Alien Registration Act of 1940. (1/2)" data-caption="Bert's Alien Registration Receipt Card (front), signifying his status as a legal permanent residence in compliance with the Alien Registration Act of 1940. (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/564/i/c1d899733f165891602859a3bb5479e1548491d41a090404b3c4a8247dca5b02/Alien-Registration-and-Receipt-Card---Front-1.jpeg" /> <img width="551" height="402" width_o="551" height_o="402" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5e4d3ad308fb60512853cba64c5b1445615826323f13ae713796c99c84d5902/Alien-Registration-and-Receipt-Card---Back-1.jpeg" data-mid="36754849" border="0" alt="Alien Registration Receipt Card (back), with date of admittance, date of birth, and other identifying details. (2/2)" data-caption="Alien Registration Receipt Card (back), with date of admittance, date of birth, and other identifying details. (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/551/i/d5e4d3ad308fb60512853cba64c5b1445615826323f13ae713796c99c84d5902/Alien-Registration-and-Receipt-Card---Back-1.jpeg" /> <img width="1059" height="783" width_o="1059" height_o="783" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1900e89cdd79d5a87c2acb4038b7b374700641739bb3d3890afa3865a4a2b620/Report-Card-1-Outside.jpeg" data-mid="36754855" border="0" alt="Bert wasted no time after arriving in Atlanta, enrolling that same fall in night courses at Central High &mdash;&amp;nbsp;despite having only started learning English a few months prior." data-caption="Bert wasted no time after arriving in Atlanta, enrolling that same fall in night courses at Central High —&amp;nbsp;despite having only started learning English a few months prior." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1900e89cdd79d5a87c2acb4038b7b374700641739bb3d3890afa3865a4a2b620/Report-Card-1-Outside.jpeg" /> <img width="1059" height="774" width_o="1059" height_o="774" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e572d4809263b7f19cd22364fb94caf3647d5d941d78eb8ca94f5ae8f2e24ca/Report-Card-1-Inside.jpeg" data-mid="36754853" border="0" alt="Bert's intelligence, hardworking nature, and determination to start a new life can be glimpsed here: straight A's his first ever semester of school in the US. At the time, Bert's teacher Julia Clifton told Esther that, at this rate, &ldquo;he would become the most successful man in the South in whatever field he chose.&quot;" data-caption="Bert's intelligence, hardworking nature, and determination to start a new life can be glimpsed here: straight A's his first ever semester of school in the US. At the time, Bert's teacher Julia Clifton told Esther that, at this rate, “he would become the most successful man in the South in whatever field he chose.&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e572d4809263b7f19cd22364fb94caf3647d5d941d78eb8ca94f5ae8f2e24ca/Report-Card-1-Inside.jpeg" /> <img width="1053" height="777" width_o="1053" height_o="777" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c2ce4b1ab5a6f94bb29d076954009c26ac78983669ad5939c2d4d0edeacc7db/Report-Card-2-Outside.jpeg" data-mid="36754857" border="0" alt="By Spring of 1950, Bert had leapt from a 9th grade class level to 12th, continuing night classes while he worked as a sewing-machine mechanic for the Berger Sewing Machine Company." data-caption="By Spring of 1950, Bert had leapt from a 9th grade class level to 12th, continuing night classes while he worked as a sewing-machine mechanic for the Berger Sewing Machine Company." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c2ce4b1ab5a6f94bb29d076954009c26ac78983669ad5939c2d4d0edeacc7db/Report-Card-2-Outside.jpeg" /> <img width="1056" height="779" width_o="1056" height_o="779" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7678e3fdec4093b67e0b48152e2b91e4dce7a7eb7ce31b3af3e9be8d158ec212/Report-Card-2-Inside.jpeg" data-mid="36754856" border="0" alt="Another semester of straight-A's. Seven months after beginning night school, Bert graduated with his high school diploma, and would go on to take night courses for the next two years at the Georgia Institute of Technology." data-caption="Another semester of straight-A's. Seven months after beginning night school, Bert graduated with his high school diploma, and would go on to take night courses for the next two years at the Georgia Institute of Technology." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7678e3fdec4093b67e0b48152e2b91e4dce7a7eb7ce31b3af3e9be8d158ec212/Report-Card-2-Inside.jpeg" /> <img width="1062" height="1323" width_o="1062" height_o="1323" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5ff9f40d13ebeb1e20fb3b643f557fd5ddf763cb9b272d6facbd76e6a2d2730/Declaration-of-Intention-1950.jpeg" data-mid="36754851" border="0" alt="Bert's Declaration of Intention, filed with the District Court in Atlanta on May 4th, 1950. The document indicates his intention to become a US citizen, and includes mandatory affirmations such as renouncing all allegiance to foreign states or leaders, and the assertion of not being an anarchist. Here his name is still listed as &quot;Dagobert Lewin.&quot;" data-caption="Bert's Declaration of Intention, filed with the District Court in Atlanta on May 4th, 1950. The document indicates his intention to become a US citizen, and includes mandatory affirmations such as renouncing all allegiance to foreign states or leaders, and the assertion of not being an anarchist. Here his name is still listed as &quot;Dagobert Lewin.&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5ff9f40d13ebeb1e20fb3b643f557fd5ddf763cb9b272d6facbd76e6a2d2730/Declaration-of-Intention-1950.jpeg" /> <img width="1117" height="748" width_o="1117" height_o="748" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b09f71f1097f600117bad5905075f297ccd1fe7618401d2a4e96a1e0f52c9bec/Receipt-of-Application-for-Naturalization.jpeg" data-mid="36754852" border="0" alt="A receipt from the US Dept. of Justice Immigration and Naturalization service, indicating their receipt of Bert's application for naturalization. Dated May 26, 1952. Still &quot;Dagobert Lewin,&quot; for now." data-caption="A receipt from the US Dept. of Justice Immigration and Naturalization service, indicating their receipt of Bert's application for naturalization. Dated May 26, 1952. Still &quot;Dagobert Lewin,&quot; for now." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b09f71f1097f600117bad5905075f297ccd1fe7618401d2a4e96a1e0f52c9bec/Receipt-of-Application-for-Naturalization.jpeg" /> <img width="3003" height="2379" width_o="3003" height_o="2379" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7bc3cfb6d9ece927bb5b25d2354847209d936ed4240b1f84b1ac5b4282e2f3f1/Bert-Naturalization-Certificate-.jpeg" data-mid="36754848" border="0" alt="This Certificate of Naturalization made official Bert's status as a US citizen. Dated February 5, 1953. Notably, this certificate establishes his new legal name, Bert Lewyn, changed from Dagobert Lewin primarily from a desire to ensure correct pronunciation." data-caption="This Certificate of Naturalization made official Bert's status as a US citizen. Dated February 5, 1953. Notably, this certificate establishes his new legal name, Bert Lewyn, changed from Dagobert Lewin primarily from a desire to ensure correct pronunciation." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7bc3cfb6d9ece927bb5b25d2354847209d936ed4240b1f84b1ac5b4282e2f3f1/Bert-Naturalization-Certificate-.jpeg" /> <img width="979" height="439" width_o="979" height_o="439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fecd0eb80fd8f91877f64492e7604e21c33ff3ecbf73f8301e8abba5acc7af7c/W2-1949.jpeg" data-mid="36754858" border="0" alt="Bert's first ever W2 tax form, for a yearly income in 1949 of $664 (about $6,700 in 2019 dollars) from Bernard Berger Sewing Machines. For his work as a mechanic, Bert was paid 49 cents an hour ($5.11/hr in 2019 dollars)." data-caption="Bert's first ever W2 tax form, for a yearly income in 1949 of $664 (about $6,700 in 2019 dollars) from Bernard Berger Sewing Machines. For his work as a mechanic, Bert was paid 49 cents an hour ($5.11/hr in 2019 dollars)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/979/i/fecd0eb80fd8f91877f64492e7604e21c33ff3ecbf73f8301e8abba5acc7af7c/W2-1949.jpeg" /> <img width="881" height="390" width_o="881" height_o="390" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da0a4f8fe4f5c54818058a25b952d4f2c955fe3f9229d596cdf976de235bc579/W2-1952.jpeg" data-mid="36754859" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Three years later and Bert's yearly income had increased &mdash; $2693.55 from the Machine Tool &amp; Engineering Corporation (about 28K in 2019 dollars)." data-caption="Three years later and Bert's yearly income had increased — $2693.55 from the Machine Tool &amp; Engineering Corporation (about 28K in 2019 dollars)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/881/i/da0a4f8fe4f5c54818058a25b952d4f2c955fe3f9229d596cdf976de235bc579/W2-1952.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Lewyn-Machinery Mon, 04 Mar 2019 03:11:23 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Lewyn-Machinery Lewyn Machinery In 1952, in his mother-in-law’s basement, Bert Lewyn founded the Bert Lewyn Company (eventually to be re-named Lewyn Machinery Company).&nbsp; Bert tirelessly devoted nearly forty years and the full attention of his professional life to developing Lewyn Machinery, which would eventually go onto become one of the largest woodworking machinery importers in the US. <img width="846" height="625" width_o="846" height_o="625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aa4ded9003d9e7f010d6fe0066f45bb8951ae322296c79f1b965eab5f830201/Bert-at-his-Desk.jpeg" data-mid="36751198" border="0" alt="Bert working at his desk. He initially founded Lewyn Machinery as a home business, driving 200,000 miles a year, cold-calling customers all throughout the American South. He would go on to hire his first employee in 1961." data-caption="Bert working at his desk. He initially founded Lewyn Machinery as a home business, driving 200,000 miles a year, cold-calling customers all throughout the American South. He would go on to hire his first employee in 1961." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/846/i/6aa4ded9003d9e7f010d6fe0066f45bb8951ae322296c79f1b965eab5f830201/Bert-at-his-Desk.jpeg" /> <img width="894" height="594" width_o="894" height_o="594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07789835b08aa61664776f3b11d1fe1a54be29f81f062363523467469af5cfbf/Lewyn-Machinery-facade.jpeg" data-mid="36751217" border="0" data-scale="77" alt="The facade of Lewyn Machinery Co, Inc, offices located on South Atlanta Road." data-caption="The facade of Lewyn Machinery Co, Inc, offices located on South Atlanta Road." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/894/i/07789835b08aa61664776f3b11d1fe1a54be29f81f062363523467469af5cfbf/Lewyn-Machinery-facade.jpeg" /> <img width="1542" height="1113" width_o="1542" height_o="1113" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8f534e34faaa10c33aa250dd7ea7cb62818d799468ee62afd542dec56fffc27/Bert-with-Woodworking-Machinery--70s.jpeg" data-mid="36751206" border="0" alt="Bert in a moment of laughter, pictured here with some examples of the machinery sold, imported, and serviced by Lewyn Machinery." data-caption="Bert in a moment of laughter, pictured here with some examples of the machinery sold, imported, and serviced by Lewyn Machinery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8f534e34faaa10c33aa250dd7ea7cb62818d799468ee62afd542dec56fffc27/Bert-with-Woodworking-Machinery--70s.jpeg" /> <img width="874" height="593" width_o="874" height_o="593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba5ab154ce347ea029fd7b5625d005929f50dd2bebb7a377d0196bac51e8a934/Bert-with-machinery.jpeg" data-mid="36751204" border="0" alt="Bert on the showroom floor with a client, giving a demonstration." data-caption="Bert on the showroom floor with a client, giving a demonstration." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/874/i/ba5ab154ce347ea029fd7b5625d005929f50dd2bebb7a377d0196bac51e8a934/Bert-with-machinery.jpeg" /> <img width="1498" height="1192" width_o="1498" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f74b44c688c0d98c9b393efced81169bf6f33bc473d9a57e7873abf1c244f1c/Lewyn-Machinery-showroom-floor.jpeg" data-mid="36751229" border="0" alt="Machinery on the showroom floor. Having spent almost two decades representing machinery manufacturers throughout the American Southeast, in the early 1970s he broke with tradition and began importing machinery from overseas, including from Germany and Japan. Lewyn Machinery would eventually become one of the nation's premier importers and distributors of woodworking machinery." data-caption="Machinery on the showroom floor. Having spent almost two decades representing machinery manufacturers throughout the American Southeast, in the early 1970s he broke with tradition and began importing machinery from overseas, including from Germany and Japan. Lewyn Machinery would eventually become one of the nation's premier importers and distributors of woodworking machinery." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f74b44c688c0d98c9b393efced81169bf6f33bc473d9a57e7873abf1c244f1c/Lewyn-Machinery-showroom-floor.jpeg" /> <img width="1754" height="1271" width_o="1754" height_o="1271" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ec398eade2d715866c4957e5c7f8fe27e8bac98e9aaa806a240a19c4ed1134b/Founding-Fathers.jpeg" data-mid="36751209" border="0" alt="In 1978, Bert (bottom-right) was one of seven leaders in the North American woodworking industry who came together to found WMIA (the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association). In 1980, these leaders organized and launched the World Woodworking Expo, a trade show created to showcase its members and their imported woodworking machinery. " data-caption="In 1978, Bert (bottom-right) was one of seven leaders in the North American woodworking industry who came together to found WMIA (the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association). In 1980, these leaders organized and launched the World Woodworking Expo, a trade show created to showcase its members and their imported woodworking machinery. " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ec398eade2d715866c4957e5c7f8fe27e8bac98e9aaa806a240a19c4ed1134b/Founding-Fathers.jpeg" /> <img width="1269" height="1455" width_o="1269" height_o="1455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec8f8f8577161a891aa3aa0569f984a16c34fa185bbb3a76e2d17984308350f3/Lewyn-Machinery-ad-1972.jpeg" data-mid="36751215" border="0" alt="A mailer advertising the 20th year of Lewyn Machinery. &quot;Your gold mine for greater profit...greater productivity...thru better equipment.&quot;" data-caption="A mailer advertising the 20th year of Lewyn Machinery. &quot;Your gold mine for greater profit...greater productivity...thru better equipment.&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec8f8f8577161a891aa3aa0569f984a16c34fa185bbb3a76e2d17984308350f3/Lewyn-Machinery-ad-1972.jpeg" /> <img width="1270" height="1606" width_o="1270" height_o="1606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfb90e524b9ca3e0e1db952ab2148e95de83b254d4d82acc135f615ae98d0b56/Lewyn-Machinery-ad-1972-back.jpeg" data-mid="36751212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfb90e524b9ca3e0e1db952ab2148e95de83b254d4d82acc135f615ae98d0b56/Lewyn-Machinery-ad-1972-back.jpeg" /> <img width="1483" height="1276" width_o="1483" height_o="1276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6802a01eaf4e47602667378bb82edcc588e5c075c1428b7d5988e981fcc2dabb/Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement.jpeg" data-mid="36751226" border="0" alt="Ten years later, a mailer advertising the new expanded facilities of Lewyn Machinery on South Atlanta Rd. in Smyrna, GA." data-caption="Ten years later, a mailer advertising the new expanded facilities of Lewyn Machinery on South Atlanta Rd. in Smyrna, GA." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6802a01eaf4e47602667378bb82edcc588e5c075c1428b7d5988e981fcc2dabb/Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement.jpeg" /> <img width="1483" height="1276" width_o="1483" height_o="1276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b228594de668f200a01d4f0de64e7e530b5c844d11fb86d40bd7037e401601b1/Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement---30-years-.jpeg" data-mid="36751223" border="0" alt="In 1982 Lewyn Machinery celebrated 30 years of successful business and expansion. Four years later, Bert would sell the company to Koch Machinery (Koch Maschinen), the German manufacturer whose products Lewyn Machinery began importing and distributing in 1976. Bert would continue to consult with Koch until his retirement in 1991." data-caption="In 1982 Lewyn Machinery celebrated 30 years of successful business and expansion. Four years later, Bert would sell the company to Koch Machinery (Koch Maschinen), the German manufacturer whose products Lewyn Machinery began importing and distributing in 1976. Bert would continue to consult with Koch until his retirement in 1991." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b228594de668f200a01d4f0de64e7e530b5c844d11fb86d40bd7037e401601b1/Lewyn-Machinery-new-location-announcement---30-years-.jpeg" /> <img width="771" height="514" width_o="771" height_o="514" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f69735206f90448ca95e131697cc5bbacba88ae26179f368f5702750137a8921/Bert-meeting-Jimmy-Carter.jpeg" data-mid="36751201" border="0" alt="Bert with former US President Jimmy Carter. Known contemporarily for his work building homes and furniture through Habitat for Humanity, here President Carter can be seen visiting a woodworking industry trade show, which Bert helped organize as a founder of WMIA." data-caption="Bert with former US President Jimmy Carter. Known contemporarily for his work building homes and furniture through Habitat for Humanity, here President Carter can be seen visiting a woodworking industry trade show, which Bert helped organize as a founder of WMIA." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/771/i/f69735206f90448ca95e131697cc5bbacba88ae26179f368f5702750137a8921/Bert-meeting-Jimmy-Carter.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Building-a-family-in-the-USA Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:16:39 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Building-a-family-in-the-USA Building a Family in the USA Bert lived for almost 70 more years after arriving in the US in 1949, and with his wife Esther had 5 children and six grandchildren. Here you can see some selected photos of Bert with his family, immediate and extended. <img width="884" height="601" width_o="884" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ade561c533cacec662aa14640894f31445b8cbf876c27f96706761d0bf18d21/Bert-with-Geffens-1998.jpeg" data-mid="36755086" border="0" alt="Bert pictured in Atlanta, where his uncle Tobias Geffen was Rabbi from 1910 until his death in 1960. Here with (L-R) Anna Geffen, her son Rabbi David Geffen, her husband Louis Geffen (son of R. Tobias), and Bert's eldest daughter Andrea. Photo dated November 3, 1998." data-caption="Bert pictured in Atlanta, where his uncle Tobias Geffen was Rabbi from 1910 until his death in 1960. Here with (L-R) Anna Geffen, her son Rabbi David Geffen, her husband Louis Geffen (son of R. Tobias), and Bert's eldest daughter Andrea. Photo dated November 3, 1998." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/884/i/7ade561c533cacec662aa14640894f31445b8cbf876c27f96706761d0bf18d21/Bert-with-Geffens-1998.jpeg" /> <img width="609" height="894" width_o="609" height_o="894" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c87fc41a7d6f15e0f3c255f480b96b1377b145a13323cd354180c2ef5b68772/Bert-and-Dov-at-grave-of-Rebecca-Gutman1989.jpeg" data-mid="36755087" border="0" alt="Bert with his cousin and fellow Holocaust survivor Dov Levin, visiting the grave of Riva Gutman (written here in Hebrew as רבקה גוטמן) in Israel where she is buried. Photo dated June 6, 1989." data-caption="Bert with his cousin and fellow Holocaust survivor Dov Levin, visiting the grave of Riva Gutman (written here in Hebrew as רבקה גוטמן) in Israel where she is buried. Photo dated June 6, 1989." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/609/i/5c87fc41a7d6f15e0f3c255f480b96b1377b145a13323cd354180c2ef5b68772/Bert-and-Dov-at-grave-of-Rebecca-Gutman1989.jpeg" /> <img width="884" height="601" width_o="884" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06a1db6e7dc75a210294d8b02c55ff85cc86f7c48127b67a3ce51ea5fb55c14c/Bert-with-Dov-Levin--2000-NYC.jpeg" data-mid="36755089" border="0" alt="Bert with his cousin Dov Levin. After escaping from the Kovno ghetto, he joined &quot;Death to the Conquerors,&quot; a militant partisan detachment operating in the forests around Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, working to liberate ghettos and sabotage Nazi machinations. After Soviet liberation, he made the trip from Vilna to Bari, Italy (an arduous journey which included crossing the Alps on foot) eventually settling in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dov went on to become a soldier, serving as a Patrol Commander and in the intelligence corps with the IDF for multiple wars, and later a professor at Hebrew University, where he had a decades-long career researching and writing about the memory of the murdered communities, the history of the Holocaust and Holocaust denial in the Baltic states, particularly Latvia and Lithuania." data-caption="Bert with his cousin Dov Levin. After escaping from the Kovno ghetto, he joined &quot;Death to the Conquerors,&quot; a militant partisan detachment operating in the forests around Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania, working to liberate ghettos and sabotage Nazi machinations. After Soviet liberation, he made the trip from Vilna to Bari, Italy (an arduous journey which included crossing the Alps on foot) eventually settling in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dov went on to become a soldier, serving as a Patrol Commander and in the intelligence corps with the IDF for multiple wars, and later a professor at Hebrew University, where he had a decades-long career researching and writing about the memory of the murdered communities, the history of the Holocaust and Holocaust denial in the Baltic states, particularly Latvia and Lithuania." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/884/i/06a1db6e7dc75a210294d8b02c55ff85cc86f7c48127b67a3ce51ea5fb55c14c/Bert-with-Dov-Levin--2000-NYC.jpeg" /> <img width="773" height="518" width_o="773" height_o="518" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6bf6e7760265d194c0f0169bf7a857397d822662930616ee02e34c5fd984aa4/Bert-Esther-and-Bev--surprise-Bert--Esther--and-Bev-at-surprise-party-for-Esther-s-birthday-1995.jpeg" data-mid="36755090" border="0" data-scale="67" alt="Bert with his wife Esther and daughter-in-law (and co-author of &quot;On the Run&quot;) Bev Lewyn, at a surprise part for Esther's birthday thrown at Bev (and her husband Marc)'s home. September 1, 1995." data-caption="Bert with his wife Esther and daughter-in-law (and co-author of &quot;On the Run&quot;) Bev Lewyn, at a surprise part for Esther's birthday thrown at Bev (and her husband Marc)'s home. September 1, 1995." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/773/i/c6bf6e7760265d194c0f0169bf7a857397d822662930616ee02e34c5fd984aa4/Bert-Esther-and-Bev--surprise-Bert--Esther--and-Bev-at-surprise-party-for-Esther-s-birthday-1995.jpeg" /> <img width="605" height="592" width_o="605" height_o="592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f4fdeee2502926cadff778189f8120b680214f5721c740ef1b7f2cd5b12afc1/Bert---Esther-with-granddaughter-rebeccaa-at-hebrew-school-2003.jpeg" data-mid="36755085" border="0" alt="Esther and Bert with their second-youngest grandchild, Rachel Lewyn, attending a family event at her Jewish day school. Photo dated February 27, 2003." data-caption="Esther and Bert with their second-youngest grandchild, Rachel Lewyn, attending a family event at her Jewish day school. Photo dated February 27, 2003." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/605/i/0f4fdeee2502926cadff778189f8120b680214f5721c740ef1b7f2cd5b12afc1/Bert---Esther-with-granddaughter-rebeccaa-at-hebrew-school-2003.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Bert-Esther-selected-images-from-65-years-of-marriage Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:23:41 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Bert-Esther-selected-images-from-65-years-of-marriage Bert &amp; Esther: selected images from 65 years of marriage&nbsp;On December 23, 1951, Esther Sloan, born in Atlanta to Russian Jewish immigrants, married a young refugee named (at that time) Dagobert Lewin — a handsome and well spoken young man who defied her assumptions about an immigrant from the old country. They would go on to build a life, a business, a home, and a family together, and were happily married for sixty five years, until Bert’s death in 2016. <img width="1192" height="1492" width_o="1192" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c3f8e2b1008989abf5e6104e166b7548c60323765c42214b5be60a972075741/Bert-and-Esther-stepping-over-threshold.jpeg" data-mid="36755102" border="0" alt="Bert and Esther crossing the threshold on their wedding day." data-caption="Bert and Esther crossing the threshold on their wedding day." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c3f8e2b1008989abf5e6104e166b7548c60323765c42214b5be60a972075741/Bert-and-Esther-stepping-over-threshold.jpeg" /> <img width="1192" height="1492" width_o="1192" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea6fa7745a22ad710b6aa7e16878ed0c546763a7c5987c194e40c1d49dd20302/Esther-and-her-mother.jpeg" data-mid="36755103" border="0" alt="Preparing for the ceremony: Esther with her mother, Eva Sloan. Esther and Bert would live with Eva for many years, as Bert started his business and the two of them started a family." data-caption="Preparing for the ceremony: Esther with her mother, Eva Sloan. Esther and Bert would live with Eva for many years, as Bert started his business and the two of them started a family." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea6fa7745a22ad710b6aa7e16878ed0c546763a7c5987c194e40c1d49dd20302/Esther-and-her-mother.jpeg" /> <img width="1196" height="1489" width_o="1196" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc545602d73ee4831d64e2daac8e4dcc4279fe6b1bf390bbb2baa242ef767cc0/Esther-with-.jpeg" data-mid="36755104" border="0" alt="Esther with her sister Ida Borochoff." data-caption="Esther with her sister Ida Borochoff." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc545602d73ee4831d64e2daac8e4dcc4279fe6b1bf390bbb2baa242ef767cc0/Esther-with-.jpeg" /> <img width="756" height="1054" width_o="756" height_o="1054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b656932cd7bd308e41d6d7debee5e5a3e26bf3e21e102b170929c24d5c278a9/Esther-with-bouquet-.jpeg" data-mid="36755105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/756/i/7b656932cd7bd308e41d6d7debee5e5a3e26bf3e21e102b170929c24d5c278a9/Esther-with-bouquet-.jpeg" /> <img width="1192" height="1492" width_o="1192" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fea62d78dd5982fec4766d9a18a9634f1c5b0b7608862f2ab29273020ce246e/---.jpeg" data-mid="36755099" border="0" alt="Esther's closest friend Louise Freedman." data-caption="Esther's closest friend Louise Freedman." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fea62d78dd5982fec4766d9a18a9634f1c5b0b7608862f2ab29273020ce246e/---.jpeg" /> <img width="1193" height="1489" width_o="1193" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7851a546954e75226b014514c78ea59b4e571ad4e16fc236533624087915d112/Bert-and-Esther-cutting-cake.jpeg" data-mid="36755101" border="0" alt="Bert and Esther, cutting the cake." data-caption="Bert and Esther, cutting the cake." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7851a546954e75226b014514c78ea59b4e571ad4e16fc236533624087915d112/Bert-and-Esther-cutting-cake.jpeg" /> <img width="1492" height="1192" width_o="1492" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07dc7076af32fe991b139c2ad7add17b8aa503f8558dbde9469b184980dced09/Wedding-group-.jpeg" data-mid="36755109" border="0" alt="Bert &amp; Esther with family. On the left, Esther's brother Meyer Sloan and his wife Beryl; on their right, Esther's sister Ida Borochoff and her husband Charles." data-caption="Bert &amp; Esther with family. On the left, Esther's brother Meyer Sloan and his wife Beryl; on their right, Esther's sister Ida Borochoff and her husband Charles." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07dc7076af32fe991b139c2ad7add17b8aa503f8558dbde9469b184980dced09/Wedding-group-.jpeg" /> <img width="1196" height="1489" width_o="1196" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2109fabff650b895f348c550e79fb65e4e94d7d2279b447b2ec1191f18e82834/Esther-with-garter.jpeg" data-mid="36755106" border="0" alt="Esther putting on her garter before the wedding." data-caption="Esther putting on her garter before the wedding." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2109fabff650b895f348c550e79fb65e4e94d7d2279b447b2ec1191f18e82834/Esther-with-garter.jpeg" /> <img width="1196" height="1489" width_o="1196" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0a7e1861a540ebcbe6d906cfcd3270a30fee3b904310d72ef9a7f295932252b/Esther-with-veil-in-mirror.jpeg" data-mid="36755107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0a7e1861a540ebcbe6d906cfcd3270a30fee3b904310d72ef9a7f295932252b/Esther-with-veil-in-mirror.jpeg" /> <img width="1199" height="1489" width_o="1199" height_o="1489" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4647cf738d9c5fce16a6c8bc194cd86d489e57d675fa9577eb6d9ed995a5f77d/Bert---Esther-kiss.jpeg" data-mid="36755100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4647cf738d9c5fce16a6c8bc194cd86d489e57d675fa9577eb6d9ed995a5f77d/Bert---Esther-kiss.jpeg" /> <img width="673" height="1276" width_o="673" height_o="1276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dec77d222e7a5859944d8c183c1cbba4e1f593996861cbb0283981922fde2590/Newspaper-Announcements.jpeg" data-mid="36755108" border="0" alt="Local news articles announcing the couple's engagement." data-caption="Local news articles announcing the couple's engagement." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/673/i/dec77d222e7a5859944d8c183c1cbba4e1f593996861cbb0283981922fde2590/Newspaper-Announcements.jpeg" /> <img width="1542" height="1358" width_o="1542" height_o="1358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19eb9f468c38040ddbe6d76fbf43aed1674fb0acd0ce18db759a471acae77373/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-8.31.02-PM.png" data-mid="36835345" border="0" alt="A similar wedding announcement in the November 30, 1951 edition of The Southern Israelite." data-caption="A similar wedding announcement in the November 30, 1951 edition of The Southern Israelite." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19eb9f468c38040ddbe6d76fbf43aed1674fb0acd0ce18db759a471acae77373/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-8.31.02-PM.png" /> <img width="519" height="714" width_o="519" height_o="714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2733c1ed8296c13b070ea74a2ed79dbdb20499e7bf10184661180e4e867366aa/Bert-and-Esther-on-vacation.jpeg" data-mid="36834377" border="0" alt="Esther and Bert on vacation together with family friends the Sturms." data-caption="Esther and Bert on vacation together with family friends the Sturms." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/519/i/2733c1ed8296c13b070ea74a2ed79dbdb20499e7bf10184661180e4e867366aa/Bert-and-Esther-on-vacation.jpeg" /> <img width="671" height="517" width_o="671" height_o="517" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/047ee5bccf4eb89159eb8dc4b8556547a6b3b48b1f88e2b5dc855cfc4066860e/Esther---Bert-1985.jpeg" data-mid="36834378" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/671/i/047ee5bccf4eb89159eb8dc4b8556547a6b3b48b1f88e2b5dc855cfc4066860e/Esther---Bert-1985.jpeg" /> <img width="888" height="597" width_o="888" height_o="597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/515490d51b74f09c740eabff930b86c22300342cb6f233df447732586df96805/Esther-and-Bert-1995--suprise-party-for-Esther.jpeg" data-mid="36834379" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Esther and Bert at a surprise birthday party for Esther, party thrown at the home of their son and daughter-in-law Marc &amp; Bev Lewyn. September 1, 1995." data-caption="Esther and Bert at a surprise birthday party for Esther, party thrown at the home of their son and daughter-in-law Marc &amp; Bev Lewyn. September 1, 1995." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/888/i/515490d51b74f09c740eabff930b86c22300342cb6f233df447732586df96805/Esther-and-Bert-1995--suprise-party-for-Esther.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Letters-Correspondence Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:15:20 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Letters-Correspondence Letters &amp; Correspondence &nbsp; One of the most valuable sources of information uncovered by Bert and Bev in their research was the surprising quantity of letters and messages, in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, and German, that had been preserved in the many decades since they were sent. A majority of the letters here (in their own slideshow, on the right) are from correspondence in Yiddish between Bert and his Aunt Riva, which began while he was in Feldafing after she left for Israel, and continued after his immigration to Atlanta — these letters were delivered to Bert by his cousin Dov after Riva’s death, some of which are featured (in translation) in On the Run in Nazi Berlin.&nbsp; Please check back in for updates as we transcribe and upload translations of these letters and more! <img width="1298" height="1023" width_o="1298" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/157016a51444059d84ab647958b0f778567e34b33838ba4f41cb6b63aa42b1e3/envelope-from-Leopold-to-R.-Tobias-.jpeg" data-mid="36755243" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Envelope of a letter sent from Bert's father Leopold Lewin to his uncle, the Rabbi Tobias Geffen. The letter was sent to the same Atlanta address where, a couple decades later, Bert would find family and a home with Rabbi Geffen and his wife." data-caption="Envelope of a letter sent from Bert's father Leopold Lewin to his uncle, the Rabbi Tobias Geffen. The letter was sent to the same Atlanta address where, a couple decades later, Bert would find family and a home with Rabbi Geffen and his wife." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/157016a51444059d84ab647958b0f778567e34b33838ba4f41cb6b63aa42b1e3/envelope-from-Leopold-to-R.-Tobias-.jpeg" /> <img width="1701" height="2235" width_o="1701" height_o="2235" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c737e69047a5e95c11b1538a6edb3c9251de17ff9f94759854a25393ec7b2cf/Letter-from-Leopold-Nov.-5-1936.jpeg" data-mid="36755248" border="0" alt="A letter from Leopold Lewin, dated November 5, 1936, likely to Rabbi Tobias Geffen and his wife. In the letter (written in German) Leopold expresses thanks for a recent message, and, responding to an offer to send money, explains to to wire it. He mentions generous gifts from his brother Benjamin for Dagobert's recent Bar Mitzvah, as well as Benjamin's desire that they send Dagobert to New York to live with him &mdash;&amp;nbsp;a prospect Leopold doesn't not relish. He also mentions Dagobert's enrolling in a locksmith apprenticeship, his learning English, and the family's desire to make the long trip to Kovno." data-caption="A letter from Leopold Lewin, dated November 5, 1936, likely to Rabbi Tobias Geffen and his wife. In the letter (written in German) Leopold expresses thanks for a recent message, and, responding to an offer to send money, explains to to wire it. He mentions generous gifts from his brother Benjamin for Dagobert's recent Bar Mitzvah, as well as Benjamin's desire that they send Dagobert to New York to live with him —&amp;nbsp;a prospect Leopold doesn't not relish. He also mentions Dagobert's enrolling in a locksmith apprenticeship, his learning English, and the family's desire to make the long trip to Kovno." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c737e69047a5e95c11b1538a6edb3c9251de17ff9f94759854a25393ec7b2cf/Letter-from-Leopold-Nov.-5-1936.jpeg" /> <img width="1691" height="2188" width_o="1691" height_o="2188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/567380b8741f4383a8d60c94a81c89d726de742d26b36baf14e6aead1c65675b/Letter-1960-from-Uncle-Alfred---12.jpeg" data-mid="36755244" border="0" alt="A letter to Bert from his Uncle Alfred and Aunt Susie, dated November 10, 1960. Alfred was the only member of Bert&rsquo;s mother Johanna&rsquo;s family to survive &mdash; his siblings and parents were all either killed by Lithuanian SS in the Kovno ghetto, or in a death camp. Alfred managed to escape and make his way to America with his wife Susie and their son Peter. (1/2)." data-caption="A letter to Bert from his Uncle Alfred and Aunt Susie, dated November 10, 1960. Alfred was the only member of Bert’s mother Johanna’s family to survive — his siblings and parents were all either killed by Lithuanian SS in the Kovno ghetto, or in a death camp. Alfred managed to escape and make his way to America with his wife Susie and their son Peter. (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/567380b8741f4383a8d60c94a81c89d726de742d26b36baf14e6aead1c65675b/Letter-1960-from-Uncle-Alfred---12.jpeg" /> <img width="1691" height="2188" width_o="1691" height_o="2188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/697cbe16d7b7b6a3cc468ccda9b65344768e40762a7b1456d3b0198c468b61c5/Letter-1960-from-Uncle-Alfred---22.jpeg" data-mid="36755245" border="0" alt="Letter to Bert from Uncle Alfred and Aunt Susie in NYC, 1960 (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Bert from Uncle Alfred and Aunt Susie in NYC, 1960 (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/697cbe16d7b7b6a3cc468ccda9b65344768e40762a7b1456d3b0198c468b61c5/Letter-1960-from-Uncle-Alfred---22.jpeg" /> <img width="809" height="1271" width_o="809" height_o="1271" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6ba5c6fe066e085faa7f60f97057ee37b61b1ea8f40b4ef8b043def9aa13294/Letter-from-Bert-to-Harold--1950.jpeg" data-mid="36755246" border="0" alt="A letter from Bert to his cousin Harold, dated October 20, 1950. The letter reads: &quot;Dear Harold, It's been a long time since I intended to write you. Today I decided not to postpone it any longer. So, here i am. I was glad to learn that you like your college and that you get along all right. Did you make new friends? Do you find your subjects interesting or boring? I would like to know all about it. A couple of weeks ago I started attending night classes at Georgia Tech. It is a very tough going for me, as you can imagine. After all, I speak English just 16 months. I don't think I can succeed doing both, holding a full time job and going to &quot;Tech.&quot; I hope to hear from you some time. Regards and love, your cousin Dagobert.&quot;" data-caption="A letter from Bert to his cousin Harold, dated October 20, 1950. The letter reads: &quot;Dear Harold, It's been a long time since I intended to write you. Today I decided not to postpone it any longer. So, here i am. I was glad to learn that you like your college and that you get along all right. Did you make new friends? Do you find your subjects interesting or boring? I would like to know all about it. A couple of weeks ago I started attending night classes at Georgia Tech. It is a very tough going for me, as you can imagine. After all, I speak English just 16 months. I don't think I can succeed doing both, holding a full time job and going to &quot;Tech.&quot; I hope to hear from you some time. Regards and love, your cousin Dagobert.&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/809/i/c6ba5c6fe066e085faa7f60f97057ee37b61b1ea8f40b4ef8b043def9aa13294/Letter-from-Bert-to-Harold--1950.jpeg" /> <img width="876" height="1240" width_o="876" height_o="1240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab24e0e10685c7e7192dfc58126562e413463cc660428fcf755136194a6c2ac9/12348.jpeg" data-mid="36839448" border="0" alt="A letter to Riva dated January 23, 1948. This would have been soon after Riva left Feldafing for Israel. Of note is that the letter is in Yiddish (as are most of Bert's letters to Riva from this period), a language he had only just learned over the previous year in the DP camp." data-caption="A letter to Riva dated January 23, 1948. This would have been soon after Riva left Feldafing for Israel. Of note is that the letter is in Yiddish (as are most of Bert's letters to Riva from this period), a language he had only just learned over the previous year in the DP camp." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/876/i/ab24e0e10685c7e7192dfc58126562e413463cc660428fcf755136194a6c2ac9/12348.jpeg" /> <img width="875" height="1239" width_o="875" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c101c433c43c1844c79eec2854525cc7e846224c2bcb4310dc65b258bab9f49a/22048-12.jpeg" data-mid="36839622" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 20, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 20, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/875/i/c101c433c43c1844c79eec2854525cc7e846224c2bcb4310dc65b258bab9f49a/22048-12.jpeg" /> <img width="875" height="1239" width_o="875" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cc764b3da577d5bbc7bdd7c95c9752e916a8c2085895e4d524f910b7dcc86ab/22048-22.jpeg" data-mid="36839621" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 20, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 20, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/875/i/9cc764b3da577d5bbc7bdd7c95c9752e916a8c2085895e4d524f910b7dcc86ab/22048-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1241" height="1744" width_o="1241" height_o="1744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdb567f727623f0585dbcc09b911d5647aad764288a226ef8321f7d268a8502a/22548-12.jpeg" data-mid="36839776" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 25, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 25, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdb567f727623f0585dbcc09b911d5647aad764288a226ef8321f7d268a8502a/22548-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1241" height="1744" width_o="1241" height_o="1744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56d53b517bfc241c74c49c042ff03936e9003c9c9bb49eac0503350e7e6fb13b/22548-22.jpeg" data-mid="36839777" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 25, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 25, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56d53b517bfc241c74c49c042ff03936e9003c9c9bb49eac0503350e7e6fb13b/22548-22.jpeg" /> <img width="985" height="1253" width_o="985" height_o="1253" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2bb13f6f965bcd6bda0695acf99303bf09a7243d26f019127b622636896f25e/33148-12.jpeg" data-mid="36839918" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated March 31, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated March 31, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/985/i/b2bb13f6f965bcd6bda0695acf99303bf09a7243d26f019127b622636896f25e/33148-12.jpeg" /> <img width="985" height="1253" width_o="985" height_o="1253" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9ab363f393665f8729c26e20d990bd23dad139be42f8cc0180498c402f5f824/33148-22.jpeg" data-mid="36839922" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated March 31, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated March 31, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/985/i/a9ab363f393665f8729c26e20d990bd23dad139be42f8cc0180498c402f5f824/33148-22.jpeg" /> <img width="855" height="1220" width_o="855" height_o="1220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17fc232e76403524ee598ff86af58d690517309a1019910f20fb5fc43e7392b2/52448-German-12.jpeg" data-mid="36839977" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated May 24, 1948. Notably, this letter is in German, unlike the preceding and successive letters in Yiddish (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated May 24, 1948. Notably, this letter is in German, unlike the preceding and successive letters in Yiddish (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/855/i/17fc232e76403524ee598ff86af58d690517309a1019910f20fb5fc43e7392b2/52448-German-12.jpeg" /> <img width="855" height="1220" width_o="855" height_o="1220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c9982d3dae9dbf6943df74cd6e219e532ea3981906e0ef7f6fb2a6a1ebae5f2/52448-German-22.jpeg" data-mid="36839978" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated May 24, 1948. Notably, this letter is in German, unlike the preceding and successive letters in Yiddish (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated May 24, 1948. Notably, this letter is in German, unlike the preceding and successive letters in Yiddish (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/855/i/4c9982d3dae9dbf6943df74cd6e219e532ea3981906e0ef7f6fb2a6a1ebae5f2/52448-German-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1537" height="1079" width_o="1537" height_o="1079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83ddfd38a4ec8f78c57c309e76641176eee984323129738d6af0f6a450d496b7/7548-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840024" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Letter to Riva dated July 5, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated July 5, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83ddfd38a4ec8f78c57c309e76641176eee984323129738d6af0f6a450d496b7/7548-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1537" height="1086" width_o="1537" height_o="1086" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/942d243489c8b9c09cbc73479556b95fbf51f404b8e94a80f6b85fbaf5c0ae05/7548-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840029" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated July 5, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated July 5, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/942d243489c8b9c09cbc73479556b95fbf51f404b8e94a80f6b85fbaf5c0ae05/7548-22.jpeg" /> <img width="861" height="1244" width_o="861" height_o="1244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fbb0f48fc04b6107163b6bae782116d30e0614eccd998940376b95364698992/72548-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840057" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated July 25, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated July 25, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/861/i/9fbb0f48fc04b6107163b6bae782116d30e0614eccd998940376b95364698992/72548-12.jpeg" /> <img width="861" height="1244" width_o="861" height_o="1244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/205a959f8140ae96a8947f03d3a3919d182894d661d9c8a3e31ab05bc34f7717/72548-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840058" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated July 25, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated July 25, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/861/i/205a959f8140ae96a8947f03d3a3919d182894d661d9c8a3e31ab05bc34f7717/72548-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1091" height="1541" width_o="1091" height_o="1541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9f94df211a735e5a78b950a1eed6c415c9208bf02ed1443c65e1031aaef2e72/92248---Stockholm-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840114" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated September 22, 1948. Unlike previous letters from Feldafing, this letter was send from Stockholm, where Bert was pursuing pedagogical study under the auspices of ORT (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated September 22, 1948. Unlike previous letters from Feldafing, this letter was send from Stockholm, where Bert was pursuing pedagogical study under the auspices of ORT (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9f94df211a735e5a78b950a1eed6c415c9208bf02ed1443c65e1031aaef2e72/92248---Stockholm-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1091" height="1541" width_o="1091" height_o="1541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d16e823f891fadb1912f19b868c4f9b64abbb74bd99d0a5f18b998140261554/92248---Stockholm-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840115" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated September 22, 1948. Unlike previous letters from Feldafing, this letter was send from Stockholm, where Bert was pursuing pedagogical study under the auspices of ORT (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated September 22, 1948. Unlike previous letters from Feldafing, this letter was send from Stockholm, where Bert was pursuing pedagogical study under the auspices of ORT (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d16e823f891fadb1912f19b868c4f9b64abbb74bd99d0a5f18b998140261554/92248---Stockholm-22.jpeg" /> <img width="762" height="1083" width_o="762" height_o="1083" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b7a2ca301250fd550aeec7b1963451354919585e22367b7ad5562194d8cdca1/92448-Stockholm-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840191" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated September 24, 1948. Also from Stockholm (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated September 24, 1948. Also from Stockholm (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/762/i/4b7a2ca301250fd550aeec7b1963451354919585e22367b7ad5562194d8cdca1/92448-Stockholm-12.jpeg" /> <img width="762" height="1083" width_o="762" height_o="1083" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0b70ab05ec93aae44cb70b09a437240a38e43a2233e43b7da2026a890635980/92448-Stockholm-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840192" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated September 24, 1948. Also from Stockholm (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated September 24, 1948. Also from Stockholm (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/762/i/f0b70ab05ec93aae44cb70b09a437240a38e43a2233e43b7da2026a890635980/92448-Stockholm-22.jpeg" /> <img width="857" height="1231" width_o="857" height_o="1231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/293b1632838917f8c252e1c14bdb0cbbdd57de45f23f7ec2ace1da355fca3578/111848-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840241" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated November 18, 1948. By this point Bert had returned from Stockholm to Feldafing (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated November 18, 1948. By this point Bert had returned from Stockholm to Feldafing (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/857/i/293b1632838917f8c252e1c14bdb0cbbdd57de45f23f7ec2ace1da355fca3578/111848-12.jpeg" /> <img width="857" height="1231" width_o="857" height_o="1231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cadb45fd8bbae0aef0d5ea660d3d034aea87a4035417f55be74620d1b00686d4/111848-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840242" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated November 18, 1948. By this point Bert had returned from Stockholm to Feldafing (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated November 18, 1948. By this point Bert had returned from Stockholm to Feldafing (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/857/i/cadb45fd8bbae0aef0d5ea660d3d034aea87a4035417f55be74620d1b00686d4/111848-22.jpeg" /> <img width="858" height="1229" width_o="858" height_o="1229" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16c3076d48e3eb0dccc89316d3eba77b82f6362f7bcc030da0e78b55c8111cab/112848-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840317" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated November 28, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated November 28, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/858/i/16c3076d48e3eb0dccc89316d3eba77b82f6362f7bcc030da0e78b55c8111cab/112848-12.jpeg" /> <img width="858" height="1229" width_o="858" height_o="1229" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c92ca1ff7a8238dc13e39162735ed874cea28a297f58b9cfbf6bbf154d1f6791/112848-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840319" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated November 28, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated November 28, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/858/i/c92ca1ff7a8238dc13e39162735ed874cea28a297f58b9cfbf6bbf154d1f6791/112848-22.jpeg" /> <img width="761" height="1084" width_o="761" height_o="1084" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c857b9fec189950e48aa83b6e8b7ada718222de71125fa3da0263cab47e3ed78/12748-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840330" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated December 7, 1948 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated December 7, 1948 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/761/i/c857b9fec189950e48aa83b6e8b7ada718222de71125fa3da0263cab47e3ed78/12748-12.jpeg" /> <img width="761" height="1084" width_o="761" height_o="1084" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47028628d105b55bb50dac3c5aaf83a1214e1db08b32b104021401ce6ea81420/12748-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840331" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated December 7, 1948 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated December 7, 1948 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/761/i/47028628d105b55bb50dac3c5aaf83a1214e1db08b32b104021401ce6ea81420/12748-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1541" height="1091" width_o="1541" height_o="1091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8208800b4ab42ec68644d939e9efca5a4abe8f1c795e0558227d0235aa0a0aac/1849-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840385" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated January 8, 1949 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated January 8, 1949 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8208800b4ab42ec68644d939e9efca5a4abe8f1c795e0558227d0235aa0a0aac/1849-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1541" height="1091" width_o="1541" height_o="1091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/549b7e466ba7d4372fa2ce5bd6ee421332b3791b59818f2dba6f9e781876311e/1849-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840386" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated January 8, 1949 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated January 8, 1949 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/549b7e466ba7d4372fa2ce5bd6ee421332b3791b59818f2dba6f9e781876311e/1849-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1245" height="1720" width_o="1245" height_o="1720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9e5988bbcda789ad4ff27d189878594b621373d55c1366fcfe29f811575501b/22249-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840506" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 22, 1949 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 22, 1949 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9e5988bbcda789ad4ff27d189878594b621373d55c1366fcfe29f811575501b/22249-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1230" height="1725" width_o="1230" height_o="1725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d5453e75a9367c8d9a1a2cc1d29c6c01559cca2658e70d24219d6d5afa472a9/22249-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840507" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated February 22, 1949 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated February 22, 1949 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d5453e75a9367c8d9a1a2cc1d29c6c01559cca2658e70d24219d6d5afa472a9/22249-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1182" height="1561" width_o="1182" height_o="1561" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25a1cc57a0a2a907acbaf3c50ba9e2afab478b5545640a2e6e0c5cbe4888ca6c/3849.jpeg" data-mid="36840567" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated March 8, 1949" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated March 8, 1949" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25a1cc57a0a2a907acbaf3c50ba9e2afab478b5545640a2e6e0c5cbe4888ca6c/3849.jpeg" /> <img width="1231" height="1742" width_o="1231" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7dd57c019641bea270df9f6c22e50eba65147bff5180450d1d76f8cc1c6389d/4449-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840606" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated April 4, 1949 (1/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated April 4, 1949 (1/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7dd57c019641bea270df9f6c22e50eba65147bff5180450d1d76f8cc1c6389d/4449-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1231" height="1742" width_o="1231" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48988d6f740b1f4936ab5a7aa83dcf61afc1d705b669d0e17630680b03d17c89/4449-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840607" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated April 4, 1949 (2/2)" data-caption="Letter to Riva dated April 4, 1949 (2/2)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48988d6f740b1f4936ab5a7aa83dcf61afc1d705b669d0e17630680b03d17c89/4449-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1536" height="1087" width_o="1536" height_o="1087" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7e3549f573c2209a647d45529a69df7c9288c98faf4d500435b20e49349a48b/62049-just-arrived-NY-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840635" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated June 20, 1949. This letter is included in full translation in &quot;On the Run in Nazi Berlin.&quot; Written from New York the day after arriving in the US, the letter details Bert's trip across the ocean, arrival in New York, and plans to move to Atlanta a week later (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated June 20, 1949. This letter is included in full translation in &quot;On the Run in Nazi Berlin.&quot; Written from New York the day after arriving in the US, the letter details Bert's trip across the ocean, arrival in New York, and plans to move to Atlanta a week later (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7e3549f573c2209a647d45529a69df7c9288c98faf4d500435b20e49349a48b/62049-just-arrived-NY-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1536" height="1087" width_o="1536" height_o="1087" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb52318516e690ea78fc63d8279e9a272eb326f8f71af86d60a0b34ee47d38cf/62049-just-arrived-NY-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840636" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated June 20, 1949. This letter is included in full translation in &quot;On the Run in Nazi Berlin.&quot; Written from New York the day after arriving in the US, the letter details Bert's trip across the ocean, arrival in New York, and plans to move to Atlanta a week later (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated June 20, 1949. This letter is included in full translation in &quot;On the Run in Nazi Berlin.&quot; Written from New York the day after arriving in the US, the letter details Bert's trip across the ocean, arrival in New York, and plans to move to Atlanta a week later (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb52318516e690ea78fc63d8279e9a272eb326f8f71af86d60a0b34ee47d38cf/62049-just-arrived-NY-22.jpeg" /> <img width="2255" height="3490" width_o="2255" height_o="3490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d1acca6f16d1b52a000c3bee8d948648a2713737e064f46d73d67b286468ac8/10351-to-Riva-from-Atlanta.jpeg" data-mid="36841170" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated October 3, 1951, a couple of months before his marriage to Esther." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated October 3, 1951, a couple of months before his marriage to Esther." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d1acca6f16d1b52a000c3bee8d948648a2713737e064f46d73d67b286468ac8/10351-to-Riva-from-Atlanta.jpeg" /> <img width="2513" height="3507" width_o="2513" height_o="3507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fba8d0b85573715be911b83af0f6d05268c2bdf9c5d94e8dff547c5c2ccbb90/11653-to-Riva-from-Atlanta-12.jpeg" data-mid="36840935" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated January 16, 1953. A few years later, this letter would have been written from the home of Bert's new mother-in-law, Eva Sloan, where he lived with his wife Esther. At this time he would have been in the very early stages of planning and starting his business (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated January 16, 1953. A few years later, this letter would have been written from the home of Bert's new mother-in-law, Eva Sloan, where he lived with his wife Esther. At this time he would have been in the very early stages of planning and starting his business (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fba8d0b85573715be911b83af0f6d05268c2bdf9c5d94e8dff547c5c2ccbb90/11653-to-Riva-from-Atlanta-12.jpeg" /> <img width="2513" height="3405" width_o="2513" height_o="3405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92df72498927903ad3470769f05a1436d588e2a9e72ff88d297b05d2231ca87b/11653-to-Riva-from-Atlanta-22.jpeg" data-mid="36840936" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated January 16, 1953. A few years later, this letter would have been written from the home of Bert's new mother-in-law, Eva Sloan, where he lived with his wife Esther. At this time he would have been in the very early stages of planning and starting his business (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated January 16, 1953. A few years later, this letter would have been written from the home of Bert's new mother-in-law, Eva Sloan, where he lived with his wife Esther. At this time he would have been in the very early stages of planning and starting his business (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92df72498927903ad3470769f05a1436d588e2a9e72ff88d297b05d2231ca87b/11653-to-Riva-from-Atlanta-22.jpeg" /> <img width="1216" height="1633" width_o="1216" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9338bdecea892f328b723661ca8db5bd885c0bfc250ff059ccfd59ef5469d7f/8958-English-12.jpeg" data-mid="36841207" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated August 9, 1958. Written after a long pause in communication, this letter is in English (1/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated August 9, 1958. Written after a long pause in communication, this letter is in English (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9338bdecea892f328b723661ca8db5bd885c0bfc250ff059ccfd59ef5469d7f/8958-English-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1216" height="1633" width_o="1216" height_o="1633" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2baaceda2d5535b60278661c4400f43491d07d615dce3bc55c0fa2a3a6237eb4/8958-English-22.jpeg" data-mid="36841208" border="0" alt="Letter to Riva dated August 9, 1958. Written after a long pause in communication, this letter is in English (2/2)." data-caption="Letter to Riva dated August 9, 1958. Written after a long pause in communication, this letter is in English (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2baaceda2d5535b60278661c4400f43491d07d615dce3bc55c0fa2a3a6237eb4/8958-English-22.jpeg" /> https://bertlewyn.com/Writing-and-Researching-On-the-Run-in-Nazi-Berlin Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:30:23 +0000 On the Run in Nazi Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Bert Lewyn, with Bev Saltzman Lewyn https://bertlewyn.com/Writing-and-Researching-On-the-Run-in-Nazi-Berlin Writing and Researching On the Run in Nazi BerlinAfter safely arriving in Atlanta, continuing his education, beginning his profession, and marrying the woman who he would love for 65 years, Bert spoke very little of his experiences between the years of 1942-1949, including to his wife and children. It was on a family trip with cousin Dov Levin and his wife Bilah in Destin, Florida, 1980, that Bert first spoke at length — Dov relentlessly asked questions, and they recorded the interview on cassette tapes. For nearly a decade, that was the end of it. In 1993, after the birth of her first daughter, Bev Saltzman Lewyn initiated the challenging process of interview and research that would eventually culminate in the first publication of On the Run in Nazi Berlin in spring of 2001. This gallery seeks to preserve selected images and documents from the lengthy process that made this book possible. <img width="894" height="601" width_o="894" height_o="601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9437f588dbaea676ae0dcd589d6ef31387ff10323845aeee1b2bc884df1350d1/Bert-with-manuscript-1994.jpeg" data-mid="36754677" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="January 1, 1994 &mdash;&amp;nbsp;Bert poses with the first set of edited manuscripts and research." data-caption="January 1, 1994 —&amp;nbsp;Bert poses with the first set of edited manuscripts and research." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/894/i/9437f588dbaea676ae0dcd589d6ef31387ff10323845aeee1b2bc884df1350d1/Bert-with-manuscript-1994.jpeg" /> <img width="1576" height="2088" width_o="1576" height_o="2088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7804312f7df4be79a98947889feb5095ce8a31e9f1e2b33cbb317f409db5c0bf/early-sketches-of-The-Key-.jpeg" data-mid="36754687" border="0" alt="Early sketches of the key Bert fabricated from a piece of lead pipe, instrumental in his escape from a makeshift Gestapo prison." data-caption="Early sketches of the key Bert fabricated from a piece of lead pipe, instrumental in his escape from a makeshift Gestapo prison." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7804312f7df4be79a98947889feb5095ce8a31e9f1e2b33cbb317f409db5c0bf/early-sketches-of-The-Key-.jpeg" /> <img width="1035" height="1372" width_o="1035" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f3e59a14060d649c58a05344a44c33d35547d324542f2fa0bb188b44836108c/Levin-Family-Kovno-handwritten-list.jpeg" data-mid="36754690" border="0" alt="A handwritten list of the Kovno Levin/Lewin family tree" data-caption="A handwritten list of the Kovno Levin/Lewin family tree" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f3e59a14060d649c58a05344a44c33d35547d324542f2fa0bb188b44836108c/Levin-Family-Kovno-handwritten-list.jpeg" /> <img width="1576" height="2088" width_o="1576" height_o="2088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/995ec4c37e94ee3146efefdbb2e8db93d36ac5547903e31ddebec93cd7e31425/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-15.jpeg" data-mid="36754682" border="0" alt="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (1/5). " data-caption="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (1/5). " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/995ec4c37e94ee3146efefdbb2e8db93d36ac5547903e31ddebec93cd7e31425/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-15.jpeg" /> <img width="1576" height="2088" width_o="1576" height_o="2088" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6677a540bf6172a2090f5749e8727279d18e099bd57969cd7c1983d06aed4406/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-25.jpeg" data-mid="36754683" border="0" alt="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (2/5)" data-caption="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (2/5)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6677a540bf6172a2090f5749e8727279d18e099bd57969cd7c1983d06aed4406/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-25.jpeg" /> <img width="1609" height="2078" width_o="1609" height_o="2078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d705a926b2a07a3e926174740e0e7575acdf76275adb0a5553050242c2197ef7/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-35.jpeg" data-mid="36754684" border="0" alt="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (3/5)&quot; Of note, here Bert writes about his father Leopold's business being attacked on Kristallnacht, shortly after which it was taken from him without compensation." data-caption="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (3/5)&quot; Of note, here Bert writes about his father Leopold's business being attacked on Kristallnacht, shortly after which it was taken from him without compensation." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d705a926b2a07a3e926174740e0e7575acdf76275adb0a5553050242c2197ef7/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-35.jpeg" /> <img width="1609" height="2078" width_o="1609" height_o="2078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6eb0a8f2540277cfc31b5c86ec57b655e572417a41c9480ca6b83de92348c187/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-45.jpeg" data-mid="36754685" border="0" alt="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (4/5)" data-caption="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (4/5)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6eb0a8f2540277cfc31b5c86ec57b655e572417a41c9480ca6b83de92348c187/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-45.jpeg" /> <img width="1609" height="2078" width_o="1609" height_o="2078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b2b29f1a8e2cd88ffd5c484604e4d5623b41589376be06e07ac0fdc096e2ff2/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-55.jpeg" data-mid="36754686" border="0" alt="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (5/5)" data-caption="Early, handwritten notes about Bert's childhood in Berlin (5/5)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b2b29f1a8e2cd88ffd5c484604e4d5623b41589376be06e07ac0fdc096e2ff2/early-notes-about-Berlin-childhood-55.jpeg" /> <img width="799" height="1192" width_o="799" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/872b929a62eaf3da7c8955550838056412d3252340edda8e96ab244b2d29d971/Manuscripts.jpeg" data-mid="36754689" border="0" alt="A later look at process: stacks of binders and folder, containing interview transcriptions, drafts, and other research papers. (2/26/2001)" data-caption="A later look at process: stacks of binders and folder, containing interview transcriptions, drafts, and other research papers. (2/26/2001)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/799/i/872b929a62eaf3da7c8955550838056412d3252340edda8e96ab244b2d29d971/Manuscripts.jpeg" /> <img width="1701" height="2338" width_o="1701" height_o="2338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55100f782794078a5e74f25ffff26565b8fb61e2beb7be69348a37d554c8b2bf/DREAM-12.jpeg" data-mid="36754680" border="0" alt="Manuscript excerpt that was cut from the final book: Bert relays a dream he had about his parents (the first time in 50 years that he dreamt about them), as well as some question and response with Bev about his memory, the impact of being orphaned on his own fatherhood, and his ways of coping with the trauma (1/2)." data-caption="Manuscript excerpt that was cut from the final book: Bert relays a dream he had about his parents (the first time in 50 years that he dreamt about them), as well as some question and response with Bev about his memory, the impact of being orphaned on his own fatherhood, and his ways of coping with the trauma (1/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55100f782794078a5e74f25ffff26565b8fb61e2beb7be69348a37d554c8b2bf/DREAM-12.jpeg" /> <img width="1701" height="2338" width_o="1701" height_o="2338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27d1c26f66754e31ae6261162c514b13827f386acf9fc6c5068b8a25fc0e1fff/DREAM-22.jpeg" data-mid="36754681" border="0" alt="Manuscript excerpt that was cut from the final book: Bert relays a dream he had about his parents (the first time in 50 years that he dreamt about them), as well as some question and response with Bev about his memory, the impact of being orphaned on his own fatherhood, and his ways of coping with the trauma (2/2)." data-caption="Manuscript excerpt that was cut from the final book: Bert relays a dream he had about his parents (the first time in 50 years that he dreamt about them), as well as some question and response with Bev about his memory, the impact of being orphaned on his own fatherhood, and his ways of coping with the trauma (2/2)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27d1c26f66754e31ae6261162c514b13827f386acf9fc6c5068b8a25fc0e1fff/DREAM-22.jpeg" />