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1. Harpuder family papers
Document | Accession Number: 2010.240.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-1952
… Shanghai in Japanese-occupied China because it was an open port with no visa required. In early 1939, the family and Gerda’s mother, Selma, took a train to…
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 …-2126 Abstract: The Harpuder family papers documents the experiences of the Harpuder family in Berlin, Germany and Shanghai, China, 1915-1952; as well as…
2. Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann papers
Document | Accession Number: 2006.19.1
Date:
1924-1980
… Shanghai, China, from 1931-1949.…
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 … Volunteer Corps Jews--China--Shanghai. Shanghai (China) Correspondence. Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials, 1910-1999 Box/Folder 1…
3. Rudolf and Helga Hauptmann Bettsack collection
Document | Accession Number: 2008.162.1
Date:
1920-1980
…Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai.…
4. Koreshige Inuzuka papers
Document | Accession Number: 2003.464.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1930-circa 1965
…, leading to war between Imperial Japan and the Republic of China. The international community was unsure how to respond and pushed for enforcement of the pro…
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 … how handwriting (of Masataka) is improving, as well as his writing skills Folder VI Subfolder: 1. Cover: “Northern and middle China, South pacific…
5. Erwin Marx papers
1990.283.13 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1990.283.13 | RG Number: RG-28.011
Date:
inclusive: 1937-1970
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
… by the Nazi regime that month. In 1939, he fled to Shanghai, China, where he lived as a political refugee until 1946. Erwin emigrated to the United…
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 …://collections.ushmm.org Jewish refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Reparations…
6. Linden family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0240 | RG Number: RG-10.172
Date:
1939-1995
bulk: 1939-1947
…. The family left Germany in April 1939 for Shanghai, China. They lived in the Hongkew ghetto, the area of Shanghai designated for Jewish refugees by the…
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 … textile ; 48 x 86 cm. Provenance: The Linden family collected the materials during their time living in Shanghai, China, from March 1939 to August 1947…
7. "Ash Camp" photograph album
2010.516.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 2010.516.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1912-1950
…Shanghai (China)--Emigration and immigration--History.…
8. William Malsh papers
1994.A.0027.1 Box 1 Folder 28 Image 15
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0027.1
Date:
inclusive: 1915-circa 1993
bulk: 1937-1941
…Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.…
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 …‐‐Germany‐‐History‐‐1933‐1945. Jewish refugees‐‐New York (State)‐‐New York. Jewish refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact…
9. Heinz Praeger papers
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0187.2
Date:
inclusive: circa 1918-2018
bulk: 1939-1947
…Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.…
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 …. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) Shanghai (China) Biographies. Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials…
10. Annemarie Warschauer papers
2012.244.1 Box 2 Folder 10 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2012.244.1
Date:
inclusive: 1896-2003
bulk: 1912-1952
… immigration quotas were filled. Shanghai, China, required no special visas, so Annemarie, Egon, and Anna and Leo decided to go there in 1940. Leaving all their…
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 …, China during the Holocaust. The collection includes biographical material, immigration papers, a small amount of correspondence, restitution papers, and…
11. Rolf Preuss papers
1999.A.0076 Box 1 Folder 6 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0076
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1999
bulk: 1939-1947
…Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.…
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 …‐1999 (bulk 1939‐1947) Indexing terms Jewish refugees – Germany – Berlin. Jewish refugees – China – Shanghai. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945…
12. Schulhof family papers
2017.133.1 Box 1 Folder 12 Image 14
Document | Accession Number: 2017.133.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1882-1999
bulk: 1903-1948
… told the quota was already full. As no other countries would grant them visas, they decided to go to Shanghai, China where visas were not required for…
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 …), China from 1940-1948. Included are biographical materials such as identification papers, employment documentation, marriage papers, and family genealogy…
13. Margot Lichtenstein collection
Document | Accession Number: 2015.192.1
Date:
inclusive: 1936-2005
bulk: 1936-1947
…Jews--China--Shanghai--Biography.…
14. Hertha Wolff Hellmann papers
1994.62 Box 1 Folder 10 Image 11
Document | Accession Number: 1994.62
Date:
inclusive: 1899-1952
…Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.…
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 … collection http://collections.ushmm.org Jews‐‐Germany‐‐Berlin. Jewish refugees‐‐China‐‐Shanghai. Jewish children in the Holocaust‐‐China‐‐Shanghai…
15. Les Salter papers
2007.205.1 Box 1 Folder 4 Image 3
Document | Accession Number: 2007.205.1
Date:
inclusive: 1938-1955
… Shanghai, China, was an open port with no visa required, they decided to send Ludwig with a group of Jewish refugees. He sailed on the SS Conte Rosso…
16. Löwenstein and Stern families papers
2017.661.1 Box 2 Folder 1 Image 6a
Document | Accession Number: 2017.661.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1981
… Loy, Julius Loewenstein, and their families in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, and China before and during the Holocaust, and in the United States…
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 … arranged chronologically. Indexing terms Topical Subject: Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai. Geography: Shanghai (China)--Jewish refugees. United States…
17. Ernest G. Heppner papers
Document | Accession Number: 1989.243.322 | RG Number: RG-10.236
Date:
inclusive: 1929-1980
… place they could immigrate to without visas was Shanghai, China. Hilda secured a cabin for two on the Potsdam, and in early spring 1939, Ernst and Hilda…
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 …). In February 1939 Ernest Heppner and his mother fled to Shanghai, China, while Heppner’s father and sister Else (1905‐1944) stayed behind. Else…
18. Ilie Wacs family papers
1998.180 Box 1 Folder 11 Image 9
Document | Accession Number: 1998.180
Date:
inclusive: 1913-1951
…Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.…
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 …: Photographs, approximately 1928‐1949  Series 6: Printed materials, 1940‐1951 Indexing terms Jews – Austria – Vienna. Jewish refugees – China – Shanghai…
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19. Kurt F. Marcus papers
Document | Accession Number: 2012.74.1
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1995
…Collection of loose photo album pages and loose photographs documenting the donor and his family's experiences in Shanghai, China and Kobe, Japan…
20. Max Schmeidler papers
2004.88.2 Box 1 Folder 8 Image 20
Document | Accession Number: 2004.88.2
Date:
inclusive: 1927-1963
… Shanghai, China, where he served as a sergeant with the Shanghai Municipal Police from 1941-1945 and was awarded a Police Distinguished Conduct Medal. He…
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 … in 1938 and in London from 1939-1940. He fled to Shanghai, China, where he served as a sergeant with the Shanghai Municipal Police from 1941-1945 and…