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1. Folding Fan owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai
2003.464.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.464.2
Date:
creation: approximately 1900-approximately 1945
…, 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…
2. Medal and a ribbon bar pin awarded to a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
1989.243.71_b front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.243.71 a-b
Date:
received: 1941-1945
… 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…
3. Golden Circles cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.18
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
4. Pin from the Ski and Winter Sports Club of China owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai
2006.19.20 front
Object | Accession Number: 2006.19.20
Date:
received: 1931-1949
…Pin from the Ski and Winter Sports Club of China owned by a German Jewish businessman in Shanghai…
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5. Wooden sandals with a canvas strap worn by a Mir Yeshiva refugee in Shanghai
2010.464.2_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.464.2 a-b
Date:
use: 1941-1945
… Soviets occupied Lithuania in August 1940, the yeshiva members decided to escape again to Shanghai, China. They managed to get travel visas to Japan from…
6. Five dragon cigarette package cover collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.16
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
7. Red enamel permit tag in leather holder issued to a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.9 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.9
Date:
use: 1941-1945
…, China, in September 1941. They lived in one room and had to sell their remaining belongings for food. In early 1943, they were relocated to the Hongkew…
8. Boy Scout badge with an embroidered red lion worn by an Austrian Jewish refugee in Shanghai
2007.205.6 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.205.6
Date:
use: 1940-1945
emigration: 1939 February
… 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…
9. Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee
1990.114.65 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.114.65
Date:
issue: 1940
received: 1940-1947
…Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee…
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10. Million cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.17
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
11. Chesterfield cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.19
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
12. World Scout badge with a fleur-de-lis and star worn by a Jewish refugee in Shanghai
2007.205.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.205.8
Date:
use: 1940-1945
emigration: 1939 February
… 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…
13. Silver rickshaw and driver figurine owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
2017.513.7 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 2017.513.7
Date:
manufacture: 1870-1948
acquired: 1941 November-1948 December 31
…’s family was among the last groups to be sent to Japanese-controlled Shanghai, China, arriving in early November. In Shanghai, the Kupinski family moved…
14. Lux cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee boy
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.14
Date:
emigration: 1939 March
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
15. Japanese propaganda matchbox cover with a bayonet with a Japanese flag dominating the world acquired by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.21
Date:
use: after 1939 March-before 1947 March
publication/distribution: approximately 1942
… 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…
16. Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee
1990.114.66 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.114.66
Date:
issue: 1940
received: 1940-1947
…Central Reserve Bank of China, 10 yuan note, acquired by a German Jewish refugee…
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17. Rover Boy Scout set of green epaulets with fleur-de-lis worn by a Jewish refugee
2007.205.11_a-b front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.205.11 a-b
Date:
use: 1940-1945
emigration: 1939 February
… 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…
18. NSDAP membership pin acquired by Hans Praschkauer
Object | Accession Number: 2006.398.3
Date:
manufacture: 1934 July-1945 May
acquired: before 1939 May 10
… through German-occupied Czechoslovakia and Austria to Trieste, Italy. They set sail from Trieste on the Italian Liner, Conte Verde, for Shanghai, China, on…
19. Knight cigarette package wrapper collected in Shanghai by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.13
Date:
use: 1939 March-before 1947 March
… 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…
20. Illustrated postcard with finger holes owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
2017.513.8 front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.513.8
Date:
emigration: 1939-1949
…’s family was among the last groups to be sent to Japanese-controlled Shanghai, China, arriving in early November. In Shanghai, the Kupinski family moved…