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    Collection Summary
    The collection consists of three pieces of scrip relating to the experiences of Lt. Leon Scharff, US Army Signal Corps, who was among the first wave of American troops to enter and liberate Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany in April 1945.
    Provenance
    The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Beth Joshua Congregation, which received them from Joshua Scharff, son of Leon Scharff.
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    Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, .50 Reichsmark, found by a US soldier

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.136.1

    Geography
    found: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Date
    found:  approximately 1945 April 15
    Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, .50 Reichsmark, found by a US soldier
    Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, found by a US soldier

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.136.2

    Geography
    issue: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Date
    found:  approximately 1945 April 15
    Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, found by a US soldier
    Coin found at a concentration camp by a US liberator

    Object | Accession Number: 2016.136.3

    Geography
    issue: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Date
    found:  approximately 1945 April 15
    Coin found at a concentration camp by a US liberator
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    2022-07-28 18:30:17
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