Lili Scharf Deutsch collection

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Lili Scharf Deutsch papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn38902
- English
- 1937-1946
- folder 1
- Updated 6 months ago
Collection of materials including Red Cross letters, correspondence, written between members of the Scharf family, primarily written by the donor after her liberation from Bergen Belsen to her family in Palestine; dated 1937-1946.
Handmade canvas folder used by a Hungarian Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn38903
- English
- overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 6 months ago
Handmade canvas notebook used by Lili Scharf to store correspondence from her family in Israel. It was made for her by her sister, Judith, after her postwar immigration to Israel. In summer 1944, soon after Germany invaded Hungary, Lili, 16, her brother, Bondy, and her parents Herman and Rachel were deported from the Jewish ghetto in Kisvarda to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Her parents were gassed upon arrival. Bondy was sent to Dachau where he was killed. Lili found her sister Judith, who she thought was in Palestine, in Auschwitz. Lili was sent to Birenbaumel, then via death march to Be...