Chapter 1 Flashcards
Authors
Donald Chipkin Berkman
compiled by Maryann McLoughlin
contains excerpts from Donald’s mother Sara
how many children died in holocaust
a million and a half
what years did they hide in the forest
1942-1945 and lived in poverty for many years after
the mother’s name
Sara Baron Berkman Chipkin
when was Sara interviewed
1995 in Miami beach
describe Sara’s predicament
alone in woods with a toddler
where were the killing fields
Ponar
how many family members were killed
49
what was the holocaust
a genocide that began with the exclusion of a group from a community, then country, then this world
What is NAHOS
National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors
memoir is told in whose two voices?
mother and son
where did sara and her family live until 1941
the shtetl Druysk
where did sara live after her mother died
Kraslava Latvia
where was yosel berkman from
also from Druysk but he and his family were taken to many ghettos including Widze (Vidzy) and Swieciany before they were murdered in Ponar (Ponary) near Vilna (wilno) … trajectory was South
brightest comet of 20th century
Great Daylight Comet of 1910 (January)
second comet was
Halley’s Comet April 20,1910 - legend has it brought destruction earth passed through its tail on May 18 1910
sara born
May 15, 1910 birth name Chaisorel Baron in Druysk a suburb of Vilna, Lithuania part of Russian empire - robbed, devastated
born to her father’s second wife
her mother died when she was two (brother, sara, brother, sister Frumka)
In 1930 Druysk became part of
Poland after being part of Russian Empire. In 1939 it became part of USSR in 1990 it became part of Belarus when Belarus and Lithuania gained independence
what is a shtetl
a small town
where was Druysk
11 miles southwest of Braslaw Poland and 12 miles northwest of Kraslavia Latvia
nationality of people in Druysk
Jews in town - but surrounding town were Christians; orthodox Jews but not like extreme Hasidic Jews (stockings and fringes known as tzitzit)
what did the 2 non Jews in town do?
light candles, stoves etc on Sabbath because it was forbidden for Jews to do so
were the people in the Druysk wealthy?
a couple rich, a few middle class but mostly poor; close knit community
people in Druysk called Mitnagdim meaning
opponents who followed Vilna Goan who was opposed to Hasidism
