Edith Berman

"Be aware, don't say it cannot happen, that's what our grandparents said, it could not happen to us."

Name at birth

Esther Zuckerman

Where were you born?

Klusz, Romania

Where did you grow up?

Klusz, Romani (later Hunagary)

Name of father, occupation

Edward, Grocery and antique business

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Hermina Berko, Helped in store

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents, Irene and me

How many in entire extended family?

Who survived the Holocaust?

Me and Irene

Name of Ghetto(s)

Klusz

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Auschwitz Birkenau / Malchow / Ravensbrück

Occupation after the war

Antiques, "Continental Exclusives"

Spouse

Jacob Greenfield, Ernie Klein, and Sy Berman

Children

Gabriel Greenfield

What do you think helped you to survive?

I had a strong will to live. G-d saved me. I was selected six times for the gas chamber. Each time, I ran away when they opened the door to the crematorium. I was shot at, beaten. Once, they actually ran out of gas in the gas chamber at the end of the war.

What message would you like to leave for future generations?

Be aware, don't say it cannot happen, that's what our grandparents said, it could not happen to us.