us-005578-irn517173
identifier: irn517173
record resource structure: The Rena Berliner papers are arranged as a single series: I. Rena Berliner papers, approximately 1945-1949.
biographical history: Rena Berliner was born Rena Schönthal in 1925 in Lvov (now Lviv, Ukraine) to Salomon Schönthal (1890-1943) and Klara Rapp Schönthal. Her family lived in the ghetto in Lvov from 1941-1943, but after her father died, she and her mother went into hiding in Warsaw using false papers. After liberation, they spent several months in Krakow before being smuggled into Germany with the help of the Bricha. They lived at the Neu Freimann displaced persons camp from 1945-1949, and Berliner studied at the Händel-Konservatorium in Munich. She founded a Yiddish cultural organization consisting of music students that traveled among the displaced persons camps giving performances.
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had some members with language: yid
has record set type: Item
record resource extent: folders 3
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
has or had some members with language: deu
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn517173/acquisitions/1
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn517173/alternateIDs/1
date: circa 1945-1949
scope and content: The Rena Berliner papers consist of photographs, programs, and school records documenting Rena Berliner’s time at the Neu Freimann displaced persons camp, musical performances at displaced persons camps, and attendance at the Händel-Konservatorium in Munich. Photographs depict Berliner performing at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp and a group of ORT UNRRA vocation school students in front of their classroom at Neu Freimann. Programs document Berliner’s performances at displaced persons camps. School records include an identification card, membership card, report card, certificate, and two programs documenting Berliner’s studies and performances at the Händel-Konservatorium in Munich.
title: Rena Berliner papers
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/904
type: RecordSet