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
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1943-1948
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Walter Gewing
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Newspapers. Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
2 folder (oversize)
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
- Geographic Name
- China--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Gewing, Walter. Gewing, Max.
- Corporate Name
- Betar
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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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.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-27 07:51:33
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Also in Walter Gewing collection
The collection consists of archival materials and a three-dimensional object relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.
Zionist youth movement badge
Object
The badge was issued to the donor from Betar (Brit Trumpeldor), an international Zionist youth movement founded in 1926.
