*Oh, My Chosen People!* (*Oh, kiválasztott népem!*) is the Holocaust testimony of Dr. Moshe Berner, a Jewish physician from Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș), Transylvania.
Originally published in Hungarian in 1947 by Bolyai Press, it has been translated into English for the first time in 2026 by Martin Baker and Inbal Berner, Dr. Berner’s granddaughter. The edition includes a historical essay, “From the Ashes — A Family Reborn,” by Eilat Negev, as well as the recently discovered diary entries of Dr. Berner’s eldest daughter, Zsuzsi, introduced by Inbal Berner.
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Oh, My Chosen People! by Dr. Moshe Berner is provided for private study, scholarship, or research as part of Holocaust studies. Not for commercial use. Unauthorised reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
English translation of Oh, kiválasztott népem! (Bolyai, 1947) © 2026 Martin Baker, Inbal Berner.
“From the Ashes” © 2026 Eilat Negev.
Photographs © 2026 the Berner family.
Interview with Judith Berner by Dr. Dagi Knellessen, © Freie Universität Berlin — Project “Forced Labor 1939–1945.”
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