Overview
- Description
- The collection documents the wartime and postwar experiences of Vera Weissman (née Scharf) and her parents Edith and Desider Scharf, including their deportation from Žilina, Slovakia to Sered', Theresienstadt, and Sachsenhausen, and immigration to Canada in 1948. Theresienstadt documents include a vaccination card and a bank book (Bank der Jüdischen Selbstverwaltung Theresienstadt). Other material includes birth certificates, marriage certificates, identification documents, repatriation documents, and a personal narrative statement of Desider.
- Date
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inclusive:
1944-1970
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Vera S. Weissman
- Collection Creator
- Vera S. Weissman
- Biography
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Vera Weissman was born Vera Scharf on February 3, 1937 in Turčiansky Svätý Martin, Slovakia (now Martin, Slovakia) to Edith Scharf (née Donath, b. 1906) and Desider Scharf (b. 1895). She had one sister, Gerda Scharf (later Gerda Slezak, b. 1929). Her father worked as a manager for a timber company in Žilina before World War II.
Her family was deported from Žilina to Sered’ on November 25, 1944. Desider was transferred to Sachsenhausen, and the rest of the family were sent to Theresienstadt. Vera and her family all survived the Holocaust, and immigrated to Canada in 1948.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Slovakia--Žilina. Holocaust survivors--Slovakia.
- Geographic Name
- Žilina (Slovakia)
- Personal Name
- Weissman, Vera. Scharf, Desider. Scharf, Edith.
- Corporate Name
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Vera Scharf Weissman.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-30 08:55:10
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn754373
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