Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518636
• English
• overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

Scrip, valued at 50 cents, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had joi...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518637
• English
• overall: Height: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

Scrip, valued at 10 dollars, issued to Fred and Lola Sauerbrunn in Deggendorf displaced persons camp in Germany in 1945-1946. Before the war, the couple lived in Berlin, Germany. After Kristallnacht in November 1938, they sent their 16 year old daughter, Marion, by Kinderstransport to England. They remained in Berlin to care for Lola’s 82 year old father. In 1943, they were deported on one of the last transports to Theresienstadt concentration camp-ghetto. The Soviet Army freed the camp inmates on May 9, 1945. Fred and Lola were sent to Deggendorf. The family soon was reunited. Marion had j...