Ernest and Ruth Chambre collection

• 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...

• 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.