Emilie Bergmann: correspondence from Otwock ghetto

Emilie Bergmann: correspondence from Otwock ghetto 

Emilie Bergmann (née Rosenblatt) was born in Hamburg in 1872. In 1904 she got married to Gabriel Bergmann who was visiting Hamburg from the United States where he had become an American citizen after leaving Kozienice, near Warsaw. They had a child, Käthe (Katarzyna) in 1905. Gabriel became disenchanted with life in Germany and returned to the United States in 1922. Emilie did not wish to leave Hamburg. In October 1938, along with other Polish Jews living in Germany Emilie and Käthe were deported to Zbaszyn internment camp. After 9 months in the camp, the Red Cross helped Käthe, through a sponsor in Hamburg, to retrain as a physiotherapist and then sent her to England. At the outbreak of the war Emilie was deported to Otwock, a satellite of the Warsaw ghetto. It is unknown when she perished. 

Emilie Bergmann: correspondence from Otwock ghetto