twin brother: Berte and her twin brother, Bernie, were born in New York to immigrant parents, according to Globe and Mail. Their father, Philip Brick, arrived from Ukraine as a young man, on his own; their mother, Clara Saliternik, came from Russia with a brother and sister. Born on May 11, 1920, in the Bronx, N.Y.; died on Aug. 31, 2015, in Winnipeg, of dementia, aged 95. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Their lives were like those of many other Eastern European Jewish immigrants at the time: hard work for everyone and shared joys at having each other. Two years later their father married Ida Barsky, whose home was in Winnipeg. But when the twins were 9, tragedy struck when their mother died.
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