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Gerard, Betti (1934-) | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Name: Gerard, Betti (1934-)
Historical Note: Betti Gerard, or Betti Kobashka, was born in Dortmund, Germany in March 1934. Her father, David Kobeshka, and mother, Fridle Kobashka, were both originally from Poland. Until 1938, Betti remembers her childhood as a beautiful one. She had a brother, Benjamin who was two years older than her, and her parents owned several shoe stores in town.
Digital Content Created by Gerard, Betti
Other Files: RG-01.09.01, Betti Gerard, a children book of wishes written by her mates at Westerbork Camp
RG-01.09.03, Photograph, Betti Gerard as a young child
RG-01.09.04, Photograph at Westerbork Camp, children and teachers near the school, 1942
RG-01.09.05, Photograph at Westerbork Camp, a group of men, including David Kubaschka in the shoe repair workshop, undated
RG-01.09.06, Photograph of Betti Gerard, at the Orphanage, Netherlands
RG-01.09.07, Photograph of Betti and her mother Friedel
RG-01.09.08, Photograph of Betti Gerard, Westerbork camp, the Netherlands, 1940
RG-01.09.09, Betti Gerard, Westerbork, before May 1940
RG-01.09.10, David Kubaszka (Betti’s father), camp identification document
RG-01.09.11, David Kubaska (Betti’s father), Polish passport, issued in 1947
RG-01.09.12, Kubaschka family photographs (Betti Gerard), Dortmund, 1936 – 1938
RG-01.09.13, Betti Gerard wartime family photographs
RG-04.03.01, Peter Kien, Theresienstadt, graphics
RG-04.03.02 Betti Gerard (Kubaschka), Children's book of inscriptions, Westerbork Camp
Gerard, Betti