"Ash Camp" photograph album
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Overview
- Description
- The Ash Camp photograph album is a leather bound photograph album, black with embossed horses, which includes 326 mounted and labeled photographs. The photograph album's owner is unknown but includes photographs of the Gabe family, the Saul family, the Jake family, and the Elais family. In addition to candid family photographs, there are also photographs of life in Shanghai, the "Ash Camp," likely a camp for Jewish refugees in Shanghai in 1945, and the distribution of food delivered by parachutes by “Yanks.”
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1912-1950
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photograph albums. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 photograph album.
- System of Arrangement
- The photograph album is arranged in chronological order and by family.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- Shanghai (China)--Emigration and immigration--History. Children. Families. Holocaust survivors. Jewish refugees. Jews--China--Shanghai--History--20th century. Marriage. Refugees. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--China--Shanghai.
- Geographic Name
- Shanghai (China)
- Personal Name
- Elie, Isaiah. Isaacs, Katie. Salah, Elizabeth. Saul, Esther. Levy, Kate. Elias, Leah. Asleizs, Manya. Abraham, Cissy. Manesson, Alica. Levy, Aaron. Fischer, Eva. Moalem, Danny. Saul, Flora. Moalen, Joe. Gillis, Hilda. Elias, Isaiah. Wallz, Fred. Gabe family. Saul family. Jake family. Elais family.
- Corporate Name
- Ash Civilian Assembly Center
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired this photograph album in 2010.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:57:03
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42557
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