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Louis Herman Scharf collection

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    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 Herman Scharf.
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    Concentration camp uniform jacket with 55857 patch worn by a Jewish doctor

    Object | Accession Number: 1993.153.1

    Geography
    use: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Oświęcim (Poland)
    use: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    use: Dora (concentration camp); Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
    use: Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); Ravensbrück (Germany)
    use: Wobbelin (Concentration camp); Wobbelin (Germany)
    Date
    use:  1944 May-1945 May
    Concentration camp uniform jacket with 55857 patch worn by a Jewish doctor

    Star of David badge printed Jude worn by a Jewish doctor

    Object | Accession Number: 1993.153.2

    Geography
    use: Irshava (Ukraine)
    use: Berehove (Ukraine)
    Date
    use:  approximately 1944 March 31-1945 May
    Star of David badge printed Jude worn by a Jewish doctor
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:27:04
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