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1. Letter from Gertrude Harpuder to her son and daughter-in-law, Hans and Gerda Harpuder, in Shanghai.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 30688
Date:
1940 February 20
…Letter from Gertrude Harpuder to her son and daughter-in-law, Hans and Gerda Harpuder, in Shanghai.…
2. John and Harriet Isaack papers
1992.53.45 Box 1 Folder 3 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 1992.53.45
Date:
inclusive: 1930-1991
… costume seamstress Harriet Bondy (1909-2003), born in Hohenlimburg to Hermann and Olga Bondy. The couple married in 1937 and left Germany for Shanghai…
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 … documenting the Isaack’s escape from Germany, life in occupied Shanghai, and immigration to the United States. Languages: English, German, Chinese…
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3. Hauer and Honig families papers
Document | Accession Number: 2019.439.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1890-1976
bulk: 1930-1947
… Shanghai without a visa. They spent their family’s savings on tickets to Shanghai from a Russian travel agency, but the tickets turned out to be fraudulent…
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 … Berlin, immigration to Shanghai in 1939, and immigration to the United States in 1947. Included are identification documents, immigration paperwork, and…
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4. A passenger receipt issued to Siegfried and Walter Jacobsberg by Lloyd Triestino lines for transportation from Trieste to Shanghai aboard the SS Conte Rosso.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 25800
Date:
1939 May 31
…A passenger receipt issued to Siegfried and Walter Jacobsberg by Lloyd Triestino lines for transportation from Trieste to Shanghai aboard the SS…
5. A letter sent to Walter Jacobsberg by an employee of the Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland shortly after his arrival in Shanghai.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 25795
Date:
1939 August 10
…A letter sent to Walter Jacobsberg by an employee of the Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland shortly after his arrival in Shanghai.…
6. Drawing of a soldier standing in front of a barbed-wire fence holding a bayonet, made by Ralf Harpuder, a German Jewish refugee child living in Shanghai.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 30690
Date:
Circa 1939 - 1940
… Shanghai.…
7. One of the last letters received by Hans Harpuder, a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, from his mother Gertrude, before she was deported to Auschwitz and killed.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 30689
Date:
1941 January 19
…One of the last letters received by Hans Harpuder, a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, from his mother Gertrude, before she was deported to Auschwitz and…
8. 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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 … clippings documenting Max Schmeidler from Berlin, his training in leather manufacturing in London, his refuge in Shanghai during the Holocaust, his service on…
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9. Alfred and Ellen Lewis papers
1995.A.0250 Box 1 Folder 5 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0250
Date:
inclusive: circa 1910-circa 1959
… gain a visa to the United States and Paraguay, Alfred and his parents eventually obtained passage to Shanghai, China. They left on a Japanese ship out…
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 … document the journey of Alfred Lewy and Ellen Katz, two German Jews who immigrated with their families to Shanghai, China soon after the Kristallnacht…
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10. Oral history interview with Inge Schaffer
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.789 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0789
Date:
interview: 2003 July 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… decision to escape to Shanghai, China; their voyage to Shanghai; the conditions in the Shanghai ghetto; her experiences in school and working in Shanghai…
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 … April, 1928, in Berlin, Germany. Right. And the other brother? Was born in Shanghai, October 12, 1940, in Shanghai. And how did your family support itself…
11. Pistiner family papers
2016.187.1 Box 3 Folder 2 Image 7
Document | Accession Number: 2016.187.1
Date:
inclusive: 1899-2000
bulk: 1908-1972
…, Amikam Jacob (b. 1948) The Pistiners left Berlin in June 1939, bound for Shanghai where they met up with Aron’s cousin, Mendel Pistiner. Shortly after…
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 … June 1939, bound for Shanghai where they met up with Aron’s cousin, Mendel Pistiner. Shortly after arriving there, however, they decided to relocate to…
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12. Oral history interview with Manny Hirschel
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.323 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0323
Date:
interview: 1998 April 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Manny Hirschel describes his childhood in Berlin, Germany; Kristallnacht; hiding in a relative's apartment; fleeing with his family to Shanghai…
13. 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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 … Shanghai, China, 1915-1952; as well as correspondence and reunion booklets for the Jewish survivors of Shanghai through the Rickshaw Shanghai Reunion, which…
14. Oral history interview with Eric Rosenon
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Oral History | RG Number: RG-50.232.0087
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… performing for Gentiles; starting an orchestra and performing for other Jews; moving with his brother in 1939 to Shanghai, China, and his parents and other…
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 … Shanghai. Did you have other family living there with you, aunts and uncles? I had my parents. I will come to this right away. I arrived in Shanghai April 27…
15. Peter and Berta Victor papers
1990.114.74 Box 1 Folder 27 Image 31
Document | Accession Number: 1990.114.74
Date:
inclusive: circa 1900-1991
…, 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…
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 … documenting Peter and Berta Victor, their families, and their lives in Berlin, Vienna, Shanghai, and the United States. Languages: German, English, Japanese…
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16. Oral history interview with Ilse Steirman
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.364 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0364
Date:
interview: 2001 February 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… November 1938; her experiences while traveling with her family through Genoa, Italy to Shanghai, China; the conditions they found in Shanghai and their…
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 … Germany. 198 00:15:09,750 --> 00:15:20,160 In Shanghai, I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher. Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about…
17. Oral history interview with Rénee Gill
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.254 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0254
Date:
interview: 1999 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… taking a boat to Shanghai, China; living in Shanghai until 1945; her mother working many different jobs; her father’s poor health; the Shanghai Jewish…
18. Oral history interview with Willie Berg
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.165 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0165
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Genoa, Italy on the “SS Conte Biancamano”; going to Shanghai, China; conditions in the Hongkou District of Shanghai and the black market there; life…
19. Oral history interview with Alfred Brosan
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.185 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0185
Date:
interview: 1991 December 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Kristallnacht for Shanghai, China; traveling via Trans-Siberian Railroad from Berlin, Germany to Shanghai; arriving in Shanghai December 1938; his family…
20. Oral history interview with Peter E. Engler
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Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.220 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0220
Date:
interview: 1999 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Peter E. Engler, born on September 12, 1934 in Berlin, Germany, discusses arriving in Shanghai, China with his parents in February 1939 and life in…