Neuberger

Erna Silbermann Neuberger, 88, of Baker City, died Dec. 28, 2005, at her home. Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Beth Israel Cemetery in Portland. Erna was born on Sept. 15, 1917, at Vienna, Austria. She was a daughter of Chaim Hersch Silbermann and Gisela Wolf Silbermann. She attended school at Vienna and then became a dressmaker, working for a high-fashion shop that catered to affluent people like Marlene Dietrich, who had her suits made there. With Germany’s annexation of Austria in March 1938, Austria became an increasingly dangerous place in which to live for the … Read more