The 2025 Philip N. Backstrom Jr. Survivor Lecture: Joseph Berger

12:00pm – 1:30pm
333 Curry Student Center

Joseph Berger, born September 20, 1937, is a Hungarian Jew and Holocaust survivor. He was born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, but spent his early childhood living in Belgrade, with his mother, father and sister, where his father was a practicing physician. In 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by the Nazis and he and his family fled back to Subotica and later to Budapest in hopes of seeking anonymity.  In 1944, Joseph and his family were sent to Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Then they were relocated to Switzerland where he attended school for the first time at the age of 8. The Bergers moved to the United States in  1947 with the help of a sponsorship from a family friend. Joseph went on to become an OBGYN and lives in NYC with his wife Esther. He has one daughter named Daniela and two grandsons, Noah (a current student at Northeastern University) and Ethan (a current student at Tufts University).

For any questions, contact Grace Dolan at m.dolan@northeastern.edu.