Louis Herman Scharf collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn7284
• English
• overall: Height: 28.125 inches (71.438 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Dr. Hermann Scharf, 38, in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Ravensbrück, and Woebbelin concentration camps from May 1944 to May 1945. It has a white patch with his Buchenwald prisoner ID number, 55857. Hermann and his wife Elizabeth lived in Irsava, Czechoslovakia, which was annexed by Hungary in fall 1938, then occupied by Germany in March 1944. On April 16, 1944, Hermann and Elizabeth were imprisoned in Berehove ghetto. In May, they were sent to Auschwitz and separated. From May 24-28, Hermann was sent to Buchenwald, then to Dora-Mittelbau, ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn7285
• English
• overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Yellow Star of David patch, printed with Jude, German for Jew, worn by Dr. Hermann Scharf or his wife Elizabeth, who were from Irsava and interned in Berehove ghetto and multiple concentration camps from March 1944 until May 1945. Irsava, Czechoslovakia, was taken over by Hungary in fall 1938, then by Germany on March 19, 1944. Star of David badges were required on March 31. On April 16, Hermann and Elizabeth were sent to Berehove ghetto. In May, they were sent to Auschwitz and separated. On May 24-8, Hermann was sent to Buchenwald, then to Dora-Mittelbau, where he was a doctor in the Jewis...