Dear Poppa The World War II Berman Family Letters |
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| Author:
| Berman, Ruth
Litoff, Judy B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87351-357-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1997 |
| Publisher: | Minnesota Historical Society Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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David, Betsy, and Sammy Berman were nine, six and four years old in May 1943 when the US Army sent their father, Dr Reuben Berman, to Europe. Over the next two and a half years, the children regularly gathered around their mother, Isabel Berman, in their Minneapolis home while she typed exactly what they wanted to say to their father. This collection of more than 340 letters, selected from more than a thousand exchanged by the Berman family via V-mail, captures the anxiety and loss...
More DescriptionDavid, Betsy, and Sammy Berman were nine, six and four years old in May 1943 when the US Army sent their father, Dr Reuben Berman, to Europe. Over the next two and a half years, the children regularly gathered around their mother, Isabel Berman, in their Minneapolis home while she typed exactly what they wanted to say to their father. This collection of more than 340 letters, selected from more than a thousand exchanged by the Berman family via V-mail, captures the anxiety and loss that children experienced when their father left for war.