by Barbara Bergren | Dec 15, 2022 | Blog
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and wishing you sweet holiday time with family and friends! It’s a magical time of the year. We conjure up nostalgic memories, all while preparing to make new ones in the year to come. My family is spread across four states, so we have...
by Barbara Bergren | Sep 17, 2022 | Blog
Great news everyone! Witness For My Father won first place in the Readers’ Favorite International Book Award contest in the biography genre! The notice came in on September 1st and I’m humbled and couldn’t be prouder. Click Here to read the review, or click on the...
by Barbara Bergren | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Updates
Yesterday at the Florida Holocaust Museum, I had the honor of reading the names of some of the Jewish people that died in the Holocaust. Almost seventy percent of the list of fifty names were murdered in Auschwitz, Poland. I began my reading with my father, Martin...
by Barbara Bergren | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Updates
Happy Anniversary! It’s been two years since “Witness for My Father” was published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day! First and foremost, your support and sharing of this story continues to make a tremendous impact and means the world to me! January 27th...
by Barbara Bergren | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog, Updates
My father’s friend and neighbor Renia (Regina Laks Gelb), called me soon after Witness For My Father was published last year. “You must get this book into schools, they can read this,” she implored. Renia, also a survivor, founded a lending library with my dad after...
by Barbara Bergren | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog
What Is Democracy? According to the Cambridge dictionary, democracy is the belief in freedom and equality between people. I believe in freedom and equality. I believe in a democratic society represented by strong, smart, and morally devoted elected officials, who...
