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1. Wooden box owned by a Japanese aid coordinator for Jewish refugees in Shanghai
2003.464.3 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2003.464.3 a-c
…, 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. Leather briefcase used to hold family papers by Jewish refugees
2008.347.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2008.347.2
Date:
emigration: approximately 1938
… the late 1930s. They found refuge in Shanghai, China.…
3. Wooden box with a painted Lithuanian folk scene with man given to a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.5 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.5
Date:
received: approximately 1938
emigration: 1941 February
…, 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…
4. Painted tin container base owned by a German Jewish refugee
2010.240.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.3
Date:
emigration: 1939 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…
5. Brown leather briefcase brought by a German Jewish refugee
2004.524.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.524.4
Date:
received: before 1938
…, 1938, the family decided to leave Germany. They bought tickets for Shanghai, China, because it was an open port with no visa requirements. Peter left…
6. Document case owned by a German Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
2017.661.2 Cover
Object | Accession Number: 2017.661.2
Date:
emigration: 1939-1947
… first-class tickets for the MS Victoria bound for Shanghai, China. The original ticketholders had secured tickets aboard the MS St. Louis to Cuba, and…
7. Wooden box painted with a woman in Lithuanian folk dress given to a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.6 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.6
Date:
received: approximately 1938
emigration: 1941 February
…, 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. Briefcase
2014.415.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.415.3
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--China--Shanghai--Personal narratives.…
9. Engraved wooden Havana cigar box acquired by Austrian Jewish refugee
2010.240.2 closed
Object | Accession Number: 2010.240.2
Date:
received: 1940 November 27
emigration: 1938 December
… 1938, Viktor was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp. He was released with proof of a ticket to Shanghai, China. Gisela secured the ticket for Viktor…
10. Case and paper insert owned by a former German Jewish forced laborer
2017.661.3 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2017.661.3 a-b
Date:
received: after 1945
… to immigrate to Japanese-controlled Shanghai, China. At the end of April, Alfred and Bernd, boarded the MS Victoria, in Genoa, Italy, and set sail for…