"Irma, Heinz, and Edith fled the world the world they knew in Dec. 1938 on board the Dampfer Augustus, which held 1675 passengers. Getting tickets on this ship, one of the very last to leave Europe for South America, was a miracle."
 
by Susan Bergman De Vries, with memories and research provided by Doris Neumann Bergman and John Forest Bergman