Mary Berg

Mary Berg (October 10, 1924 - 2013) was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and author of Warsaw Ghetto, which contains personal journal entries written between 10 October 1939 and 5 March 1944, during the occupation of Poland in World War II.

Detainment

Berg was born to an American mother in Poland, and therefore qualified for American citizenship. Because of this, Berg and her family were detained in Pawiak Prison in July 1942 before being transferred to an internment camp for British and American citizens.[1] Finally, her family was transferred to the United States in 1944. Her memoir, Warsaw Ghetto describes her years in Pawiak.[2] She arrived in the United States in March 1944, at the age of 19. Her memoir was serialized in American newspapers in 1944, making it one of the earliest accounts of the Holocaust to be written in English.[1]

Publishing

In June 1944, the publishing house Dial Press declined to publish the manuscript saying that the market was flooded with books about concentration camps and Nazi persecution.[3] The book was eventually published by L.B. Fischer in February 1945 but went out of print in the 1950s.[4] It was republished in 2006 by Oneworld Publications as The diary of Mary Berg : growing up in the Warsaw ghetto, edited by S.L. Shneiderman, new edition prepared by Susan Pentlin. (ISBN 9781851684724).[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Schuessler, Jennifer. "Survivor Who Hated the Spotlight". New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mary Berg: July 10, 1941". holocaustedu.org. Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Laurence Weinbaum, "Niedoszły wydawca dziennika Mary Berg" Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały VI (2010), pp. 253-255
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, Amy (17 July 2008). "What Happened to Mary Berg?". Tablet. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Catalogue record for "The diary of Mary Berg : growing up in the Warsaw ghetto"". Worldcat. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Berg, Mary (2006). The Diary of Mary Berg. Oneworld. pp. title page. ISBN 978-1851684724.
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