Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

Identifier: irn514912
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514912

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Elly Berkovits Gross, a neighbor of Ernest and Ruth Chambre. An accretion was received in 2017.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a suitcase, a book, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Ernest Chambre before the Holocaust in Germany, Belgium, and Palestine, during the Holocaust in Miranda del Ebro internment camp in Spain, and of both Ernest and his wife, Ruth, in Palestine and then the United States following their emigration in 1946-1947. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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Chambré and Elsoffer families papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42972
- English
- 1890-1994
- boxes oversize boxes 6 2
- Updated 7 months ago
The Chambré and Elsoffer families papers consist of correspondence, documents, and photographs that recount the history of the Chambré and Elsoffer families in and around Giessen, Germany, including their lives prior to the rise of the Nazis, and their experiences of persecution by the Nazis and resulting emigration from Germany. Much of the collection focuses on the experiences of the family of Ernest Chambré in exile in Belgium, their arrest and deportation following the German invasion of that country, and the experiences of Ernest Chambré as he sought to escape, and was imprisoned repea...
Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523824
- English
- 1933-1947
- overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 25.625 inches (65.088 cm) | Depth: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Dark blue suitcase used by Ernest Chambre, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. In 1933, Ernest, originally from Belgium, was a law student in Berlin when Hitler was appointed Chancellor. The persecution of Jews by the Nazi government caused him to flee to Belgium and then, in 1934/1935, to Palestine. Ernest left for Spain, presumably to get to the US, but was imprisoned in Miranda de Ebro internment camp. After his release, he returned to Palestine and married Ruth Elsoffer, a fellow refugee, in 1937. Ruth emigrated to the United States in 1946; Ernest arrived in October 1947.

Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

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Chambré and Elsoffer families papers

Dark blue paper covered suitcase used by a Jewish refugee