When Gert Berliner fled Germany during the Holocaust, he had to leave his entire family behind despite being only 14-years-old at the time. Almost 80 years later, his son Uri is attempting to reconstruct his family history around that traumatic event and rediscover long lost relatives. Listen to hear how one toy monkey connected the Berliners to new relatives and helped bring a family closer in the wake of incredible trauma.
Story Length: 9:58
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12/02/2018
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Why was Gert Berliner’s toy monkey so important to him?
What new information did Uri learn about his father’s story when he started talking about the past?
How did the toy monkey connect the Berliner’s to relatives they didn’t know they had?
How does Gert feel about his story being told? Support your answer with evidence from the audio story.
Uri tells two other stories about families he tried to track down from his father’s experience in the Holocaust. What were these families, and how did things turn out for each of them?
