Berthold Herzberg was born on May 20, 1874 in Gartschau/Dirschau as the son of Karl Kiewe Akiwa Herzberg and his wife Emma, née Segal; he had eight siblings.
He became a merchant and married. The children Berthold (1896) and Karl (1902) were born.
He moved to Berlin and in 1932 bought a newly built two-family house in Zehlendorf, Am Wieselbau 26.
In 1938 he was widowed and lived with his son Karl and his wife Elsa née Zimet and their daughter Ruth Reisel. His daughter-in-law's parents, Rosalie and Sindel Zimet, lived in the second apartment.
After 1938, Berthold Herzberg had to move out with his son's family and move to Kaiserallee 111 in Friedenau.
Berthold Herzberg experienced the deportation of his son, his wife and three-year-old granddaughter to Riga here. He himself was deported to Theresienstadt on December 15, 1942 and murdered on March 1, 1944.
His son Berthold emigrated to Australia.
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