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Boy Scout merit badge for home repairs issued to Jewish refugee

Object | Accession Number: 2000.24.13
2000.24.13 front Boy Scout merit badge for home repairs issued to Jewish refugee Click to enlarge
Date
1939-1945
Geography
use: Shanghai (China)
Language
English
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Badges (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Bergtraun

About This Object

Physical Description
circular; recto: khaki with image of awl and hammer embroidered in maroon with light green border and "BOY/SCOUTS"; verso: navy blue backing
Dimensions
overall: | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth
Contributor
Subject: Eric Bergtraun
Biography
Eric Bergtraun (1925-2008) was born Erich Maximilian Bergtraun in Vienna to Edmund Leon Bergtraun and Lilly Wagner Bergtraun. His family left Austria for Shanghai shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938 and was forced to live in the Hongkew Ghetto for three years as the war intensified. Eric was active in the underground British Boy Scouts and became Scout Master after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, settled in San Francisco, and married Polly Bergtraun (nee Hertz).

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Eric Bergtraun.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2023-09-21 13:17:15
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