Overview
- Description
- The Eric Bergtraun papers consist of biographical materials, photographic materials, log books, and scrapbooks documenting Bergtraun’s participation in Boy Scout activities as a Jewish refugee in Shanghai during and after World War II.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1925-1953
bulk: 1944-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eric Bergtraun
- Collection Creator
- Eric Bergtraun
- Biography
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Eric Bergtraun (1925-2008) was born Erich Maximilian Bergtraun in Vienna to Edmund Leon Bergtraun and Lilly Wagner Bergtraun. His family left Austria for Shanghai shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938 and was forced to live in the Hongkew Ghetto for three years as the war intensified. Eric was active in the underground British Boy Scouts and became Scout Master after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, settled in San Francisco, and married Polly Bergtraun (nee Hertz).
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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10 boxes
2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The Eric Bergtraun papers are arranged as four series: I. Biographical materials, 1944-1953, II. Photographic materials, approximately 1925-1948, III. Log Books, 1946-1948, IV. Scrapbooks, 1945-1948
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Vienna (Austria) Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Shanghai (China)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Eric Bergtraun donated the Eric Bergtraun papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 and 2001. The accession previously cataloged as 2001.350.1 has been incorporated into this collection.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-11 09:57:56
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The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs and photo albums, log books, biographical materials, badges, and uniforms relating to Boy Scout activities of Eric Bergtraun and other Jewish refugees in Shanghai, China.
