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Gert Berliner was torn from her family when he was only 14 years old. The Nazis had resumed the country and the Jews ran here and there to save their lives. Gert and his family were one of them. Fortunately for Gert, he managed to escape by moving towards Sweden, leaving behind his parents. The man continued to receive letters from his father and one day, he suddenly stopped. His parents were no longer. But there was one thing that stayed with him through his good and bad days. It was his monkey toy.

Now the man was 94 years old and his toy was always with him. However, one day, there had been goodbye because he gave it to a Jewish museum. But it was not the end.

The monkey toy grace a Jewish museum of Berlin. It was very small and too ordinary to be noticed. The fur was worn out and the sides were torn. Nobody could never have imagined in his appearance the power of this tiny slim toy.

GERT BERLINER

Gert Berliner who reached 94 this year has an interesting past. The man is a profession photographer who likes to capture life in his camera. He came and settled in the United States in the middle of the 20th century.

Reserve

The old man had always lived a reserved life. He had kept his surprising past to himself. He spent his young people immersed in his work. And it's because of that, he never spent a lot of time with his family. The man remained distant from his son.

Past in the dark

As mentioned earlier, Uri did not know much about the past history of his father. The only thing he knew his father was that his father lived in Germany and fled from his place to escape the Holocaust. Nothing more than that.

Missing major

Although Gert Berliner has never shown, he missed his family. The family he had left in Germany. The man was only 14 years old when he was taken to Sweden through Kindertransportan, an underground rail type program. The program was only for children. The boy could not pack a lot.

Packaging

The decision to transport it has been taken in a hurry. He had not even had enough time to pack his business so that his father stuffed his suitcase with everything he found easily. He also put a toy monkey in his bag. The one he would keep with himself always.

Will never meet

The boy did not know at that time that his separation with his family was forever. He never would never meet his family.

Smiling

This image is from Gert Berliner of his young days. Clearly, the boy of the photo looks happy and confident. His smile transmitted his joyful nature. But soon his smile was going to disappear. The Gestapo was going to take everything from him.

Unexpected

The violence had broken in the city. The rounded series of events began to occur in November 1938. Hell had broken on the Jewish people. All Jewish stores at the houses was burned in ashes. German civilians and Nazis targeted Jews. He said, "I remember," His father remembers his father, "I came out in the street ... a lot of glass; you have heard fire sirens; the synagogues were set on fire."

To give up

Gert continued: "I was the only child as you were. My parents' wedding was not the best, so I'm really - I was all my mother. And for her to abandon his child, it's heroic. You know, the pain she feels must have been so terrible. But she let me go. "

Another family

The URI takes the conversation of there: "My father arrives in the city of Kalmar, Sweden, on the Baltic coast. He is worried about his parents, but he has reached a shelter, taken by a generous and kind family. "

Everything changed

It scored a big change in his life. He was no longer a German. He had new parents and a new home. Life had played his most cruel joke on him. He was the only child of his parents and greatly enjoys his mother. However, the biggest touch of his life was not yet demolished.

Letters

The boy has continued to get letters from his parents. One of the letters read: "My young son, I can not write much. I am in a terrible state. Dad has everything important for you. As long as we are always there, we will continue to write to you. Chin Top - With the help of God, (laugh) we will see each other - loving, greetings and a thousand kisses, your mother. I remember the letter. "However, the parents were murdered very soon.

Have never seen them again

Uri explained: "But my father never saw his parents again. Sophie and Paul Berliner were sent to Auschwitz by train, transportation number 38, May 17, 1943. They were murdered there. That's what I could never ask my father - exactly what happened. Has all his family been killed? One thing I thought I would surely know - the live band line - it was small, very small - my Father and me and, later, my son Ben. "

Moving house

Gert Berliner moved to the U.S when he was 22 years old. It was there, he took the photography profession. The man had started a new life alone. He had nothing with him with the exception of the determination and a suitcase that still had his monkey toy.

Well-established

Fortunately, he managed to find his feet in his profession. He started to make money and vited. His new life was flourishing but the former remained forgotten and tangled.

Monkey toys

The only thing that stuck through him through a thin and thick of his life was this monkey toy who stayed in his bags. He had no idea what he kept. The monkey played would write an unexpected chapter of his life.

His life

He continued his usual life. And not for once, he returned to his country of origin. Fear was still there and the pain of separating his family too. Man would spend most of his time alone.

Remote father

Gert's son describes it distant. The man has always maintained a distance with his children. He would not chat with them as much as the usual parents. His past had effectively left an impact on him. But it was only the beginning. The past had left much discovered.

In ignorance

In this way, many years passed and the toy monkey remained forgotten in a suitcase. But after almost seven decades, his time had come out of this suitcase. Gert was immensely in love with this toy of her.

Like a child

Why would not it be? The toy recalled his day without worries as a child. From the time he went up his bike with the toy hanging on the handlebars of his bike. And the time he played with her every time he was bored.

I loved it

Berliner recalled his father after saying about the toy: "I liked it. He was like good luck. "And his charm was still no part. Little knew that the toy he had kept inside a suitcase would bring the biggest change of life.

Exposure

He finally took his monkey toy when Aubrey Pomerance, the Jewish Museum of Berlin's Archivist asked him if he had something they could present in an exhibition. Aubrey was looking for something personal who could use visitors.

Archivist

"In 2003, an archivist of the Jewish Museum of Berlin named Aubrey Pomerance visited my father to his apartment in Manhattan. My father had already met Aubrey and loved it. This time, Aubrey was there to ask for a favor. My father had Something when he was a Jewish child living in Nazi Germany? Something the museum visitors could relate to the person personally? "said Uri.

Something staff

Gert recalls the conversation on the national public radio, "when it was here, he said, you know, we have exhibitions. And the exhibitions, what people really want, it's something personal. Do you have something? And I thought I do not know. Then I realized what I had. I had a little monkey. "

Wait What?

He asked the archivist if he would like to have that. The toy monkey was with him for 80 years now. The archivist himself was surprised when Gert brought him the offer. The toy was completely worn with one of its parties. Aubrey asked Gert to reconsider his decision.

So much meaning

Pomeging said, "And I remember him looking at him and say that you would like to have it for the museum, is not it? And I told him, Gert, it's an object as personal. C is an object that has so much meaning and is filled with emotion for you. I will never ask you to give it to the museum. He said, what are you knowing? "

Put it back

Gert finally decided to give it to the museum. Gert said: "Frances, my wife, did not want to give it (laugh). But I gave it." The toy was the only link between him and his past.

8 decades

He had held it for 8 decades and was now time to let him go for a greater cause. At that time, Gert and one of his family members did not know that this generous act was going to bring the old days back. He gave his toy in 2003.

Usual

Twelve years at the bottom of the road, everything was like they had been. The toy took the museum for more than twelve years. In 2015, a woman spent by the name Erika Petterson visited the museum. The toy monkey had the name of Gert Berliner carved next to that.

The opening

There were many other memories, but Erika who had come to the museum for the first time, only opened it. Memories belonged to Jewish children who spent their time with the Holocaust.

Child's name

The Swedish woman remembered: "And there was this monkey toy and a picture of a little child, a Jewish child named Gert Berliner. And I thought it's a coincidence. The name of my mother is Berliner."

Coincidence?

Erika told her to her mother. For Erika, it was an incredible coincidence. She did not give a lot of thought. But little knew that the importance of the little information she had sent to her mother.

To try

Agneta who was part of his family in Berlin decided to try his luck. She searched for gert coordinates and discovered her e-mail address. "And there was an e-mail address and I was a little hesitant a little because I thought it may not be a stranger. But by then, I was so curious. "Subsequently, she tried to contact him.

A joke?

Gert received a call ", suddenly, because of the monkey, I have a phone call, someone in Sweden, all the places, saying, well, I think you are my cousin." The man could not understand how to react. Does anyone shoot a joke on him? Did anyone rubbed salt against his wounds? He needed time to believe the person.

A phonecall

Gert had had a phone call from his family after 8 decades. He needed to know who was on the other side of the phone so that he asked them to meet him. In the last 80 years for the second time, he felt his heart run at his fastest speed. The first time was when he came out of his native place.

Three shoulders

Uri says, "Agneta Berliner and his sister, Suzanne, organized to meet my father when he was in Berlin during an exhibition of his photograph. And so everything came together - how we were not just three Berliners. It turns out that father's daddy, Paul Berliner, had a brother named Carl. "

The cousins

He continued, "Carl Berliner had two sons and Carl sent them to Sweden for security. But they did not come out of Germany on the Kindertransport. They made the security in a different way, sent to work on Farms isolated at the bottom of the Swedish campaign. These boys were my father's cousins, but they lost contact with each other. "

Surprise

Gert is extremely happy. It's the best surprise he has received in all his life. The man recovered his family after so many years. Gert describes: "It's a gift." "In my old age, I discovered that I have a family."

Restored

The URI said: "Now, about 80 years later, a link has been restored with the help of a ribbed monkey. This summer, I traveled in Sweden to meet my new parents and trace the steps of My father. I met Agneta and his family on the Solstice holidays of Sweden - Midsummer Eve, and we celebrated with a traditional Swedish feast that lasted well in the evening. "

Incredible and delicious

He added further: "The famous meatballs, salmon, toasts with schnapps and a beautiful cake with more strawberries than ever in my life. Even if we had just met, he felt good to be around my new parents. Being part of a larger family - a family that has not only survived, but has grown and flourished. "

Close

Uri himself felt an intimate link with them. He had not met them only once. The family was extremely comforting. He did not feel once he saw them for the first time. They had a lot to catch up.

Telling him

Said Uri: "My father did not make the trip. So we called it in New York - Erika, Agneta and me all about the president, filling him down during our visit. It was a sweet-sweet call. At 94, my father does not leave much. It's a lot in the apartment with time to think. "

To get old

The man likes to spend time alone. "You age," he says. "I walk with a cane, Shaky. You have time. You are sitting on a chair, an easy chair and start thinking about your past, what happened, "said Uri.

Monkey toy

It's amazing how a lifeless monkey toy inside has changed so many lives. Gert would never have imagined that a toy he held in all his life would help him find his family.

In disbelief

Uri itself is incredulous. He said, "What happened to his parents, to him and our family is always difficult to absorb. But a little thing from the past also gave great surprise. My father packed this monkey in a suitcase when He fled for his life almost 80 years ago. "

Concluded

He concluded: "It turned out that he had to give up this precious piece of his story to discover something new on the past. "It's a gift," he says. "In my old age, I discovered that I have a family."

Has been viral

History, when placed in the public domain, fired at thousands of cores of the population. Some called him sad, some have focused more on his happy ending. One of Twitter users through the name Allison Norlian said: "I just listened to@UberlinerThe part of his father survived the Holocaust and how a plush monkey brought him with an unknown family in the future. The story is riveting and I sit here crying. Thank you, URI to share this sincere story. "

Never happen again

Mona Huffman, another user said, "Thank you for sharing this story. What hortique part of our world history. People should say that stories again and again for us to remember and take steps to ensure that atrocities like Jews' genocide never occur again. "

Epitomize freedom

Twitter User Sonra wrote: "I like the image of a monkey toy attached to the handlebars while rolling in town. It's so strongly sweet. He embodies freedom for me. "

Unbelievable

So, how do you like this story? Is it not incredible? A toy monkey who stayed under a suitcase for the long-standing gert family when it came out. Have you ever heard or saw an incident like this?