PETER-BERGMANN-Obituary

DR. PETER BERGMANN

Gainesville, Florida

May 17, 1942 – Aug 25, 2017

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BORN
May 17, 1942
DIED
August 25, 2017
LOCATION
Gainesville, Florida

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BERGMANN, DR. PETER Dr. Peter Bergmann was born as an American citizen in Japan after Pearl Harbor. At the age of seven, he traveled by seaplane to England where he attended boarding school until his parents resettled to San Francisco. When he was nine years old, he and his 13 year old brother...

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I am very sorry this comes so many years after Peter´s death; his story is one for our time. I was part of his graduate school story at Berkeley, including Hans Rosenberg´s seminar in German Historiography. Our generation had some choices to make about history, activism and political commitment in the mid-1960´s. Peter was a loyal friend through that time. I want to testify to his commitment to history and to history as practice and activism. As we finished our studies we faced the...

So sorry for your loss.

We at Jordan Glen are so sorry to hear of Peter's passing.
I remember that he had a quiet sense of self and good sense of humor-Of course, having Ben as your son, would mean you would have needed one.
Our condolences to the entire Bergman family, especially Ben.
Love,
Jeff and the Jordan Glen teachers.

We are very sorry to hear about the death of Dr. Bergman. Ben is a friend of our daughter, Sarah. We are praying for the family in this time of grief.

Jack and Sue Mecholsky