Joseph Berger (born January 17, 1945, in Lysva, Soviet Union[1]) is an American journalist, author, and speaker.
Joseph Berger was born in Lysva, Russia,[2] to Polish-Jewish parents who had fled their hometowns to escape the Nazis.
[3][4] Berger lived in several displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe before immigrating to the United States in 1950 with his parents and younger brother.
[5] A sister was born in the U.S. His book Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust describes his upbringing as a refugee child of Yiddish-speaking parents.
[2][8] Berger is a popular speaker on the subjects of immigration, education, New York City, the Holocaust, and Israel.