. . "Tony Berger collection"@eng . "Tony Berger (born 1919) originally came from Duisburg where she lived with her mother Anna Berger, her younger sister Lotti (born 1926) and her brother Max (c1923-1945). She was the only person in the family to obtain permission to emigrate to England on a domestic visa in 1939. Her boyfriend, Walter, also emigrated to London but later moved to New York. She stayed with a family in Cricklewood and earned a living doing domestic work. Her grandparents were planning to go to Palestine but could only get permits to live with relatives in Poland in July 1939. They did not survive the Holocaust. Tony's mother, sister and brother did not manage to obtain all the documentation required for emigration in time before the outbreak of the war.

Max Berger was arrested in September 1939 but released shortly after. He was deported to Riga ghetto in December 1941 and moved to Salas Pils concentration camp on 22 December 1941. He returned to the ghetto in September 1942 being very ill. In October 1944 he was transferred to Stutthof concentration camp. Max Berger was shot in February 1945.

Lotti and her mother were also sent to Riga ghetto and survived that and the death march to Hamburg. Lotti secretly kept a verse diary, which is part of this collection. She later married a man who she met at Riga ghetto.

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