Louis Herman Scharf collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a concentration camp uniform jacket and Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Louis Hermann and Elizabeth Rosenbaum Scharf during the Holocaust, when they were deported from German occupied Hungary to Auschwitz concentration camp and then Louis was transferred to Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Ravensbruck, and Woebbelin concentration camps and Elizabeth was sent to Stutthof concentration camp.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Elizabeth Scharf, the wife of Louis Scharf.
Date: 1944 March-1945 May

Geography: use : Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Oswiecim (Poland)
use : Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
use : Dora (concentration camp); Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
use : Ravensbruck (Concentration camp); Ravensbruck (Germany)
use : Wobbelin (Concentration camp); Wobbelin (Germany)
Date: 1944 May-1945 May
Geography: use : Irshava (Ukraine)
use : Berehove (Ukraine)
Date: approximately 1944 March 31-1945 May
: Record last modified: 2016-10-06 12:09:12
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