Finding the Right Address

Friday, April 12, 2024

Featured Guests: Holocaust Survivor Bertie Levkowitz

Bertie Levkowitz’ parents (Hetty and Herman), married in Groningen, Netherlands in 1940 while Holland was under Nazi Occupation. Their baby, Bertie was born in May of 1942. By this time, Bertie’s mother’s, 23 year old brother had been arrested & murdered in Buchenwald, and her father had escaped a men’s Jewish labor camp (Baldehaar) . Their apartment & belongings had been expropriated by the Nazi Commandant. Bertie’s family was desperate for a place to hide with their 3 month old baby before it was too late.They arranged for the Dutch underground to hide her from the Nazis while they went into hiding separately. For the next three years, she was abandoned more than 40 times as she was moved from family to family.