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BERTL
Bertl is "a story
of a unique holocaust survival". Bertl, Bertha Geminder Brotfeld; her two children, George and Robert Geminder; and her
second husband, Emil Brotfeld, survived the Holocaust and immigrated to the United States. What makes this survival so unique?
Simply that a woman and her two small children, all Jews, survived those horrible years in Poland, from 1939 to 1945.
The only way that Bertl
could recount these horrible years was by the assistance of two people, Judith Geminder (Robert's wife) and Susan Ross (Judy's
sister). Judy and Susie interviewed Bertl, asking questions and obtaining the answers as to what transpired during the Holocaust
years.
The Bertl story starts with a description of "how life was" prior to 1939. This early story helps to explain
why Bertl and the family stayed in the area until it was too late. The families of Bertl and her second
husband, Emil, were very large; however, only four people survived the atrocities of the Holocaust.
The heroics of Emil
and the courage of Bertl cannot be totally described in this story. An attempt is made to tell most of the story. Part of
the uniqueness of Bertl is the way it is presented, questions by two American girls, and answers by Bertl. Both Judy and Susie
lived in America during the Holocaust, and the story as told was totally inconceivable to them.
The story of Bertl is done so
that Bertl's grandchildren, Hope, Miriam, Ellen, Shia, Michael, and Jennifer (the children of Holocaust survivors) will "never
forget".
The
book of Bertl will be available on line in the future.
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The Family Collage is one square in a quilt created by Mount Sinai in
Simi Valley, California, as "The
Mount Sinai Shoa Quilt". It reflects famalies history,experiences
and reflection on the Holocaust The quilt was displayed for the first time at Yom Ha'Shoah in 2008. ♦ The Shoah Quilt in the papers ♦ To watch videos of the Quitl ceremony click on the links below
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Bertl & Lola Written by Stephanie Lemor December 17, 2009 . The survival story of her grandmother Miriam Indich (Lola's daughter)
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