Walter Gewing papers

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.217.1

Overview

Description: Consists of documents relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust. The papers include the donor's innoculation certificate for emigration into China and identification card for a Shanghai chapter of Berit (Brit Trumpeldor), a Chinese census form for the Gewing family, and the 26 September 1948 issue of the Shanghai Echo, a German-language newspaper.
Date: 1943-1948
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Walter Gewing

Physical Details

Language: German Chinese English Hebrew
Genre/Form: Newspapers. Identification cards.
Extent: 1 folder
2 folder (oversize)

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Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish youth--China--Societies and clubs. Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai.
Geographic Name: China--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Personal Name: Gewing, Walter. Gewing, Max.
Corporate Name: Betar

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Walter Gewing in 2002.

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The collection consists of archival materials and a three-dimensional object relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.