Richard Stock poses with two dogs, Bobby and Jimmy, outside a building in Shanghai.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 51656

Date: Circa 1946 - 1947
Locale: Shanghai, [Kiangsu] China
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN CHINA -- Shanghai/Hongkew Ghetto -- Postwar -- Daily Life -- Children/Families/Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Helen Blackman

Biography: Helen T. Blackman (born Tana Helga Schneider) is the daughter of Werner B Schneider (b. June 2, 1919) and Klara (nee Davidson) Schneider (b. November 3, 1920). Werner and Klara were both born in Berlin, Germany. In April 1939 they fled Germany for Shanghai together with Klara's mother. Her father and Werner's mother had both committed suicide in response to German persecution. Helga was born in Shanghai on November 24, 1939. Werner and Klara later divorced, and Klara remarried Richard Stock from Cologne. Werner Schneider immigrated to the United States in either September or October, 1947, and Helga, Klara and Richard immigrated in November 1947 aboard a U.S. transport ship.
Keyword: REFUGEE CAMPS/CENTERS
REFUGEES (JEWISH)
SHANGHAI (REFUGEE SETTLEMENT/GHETTO)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Helen Blackman
: Record last modified: 2011-05-31 00:00:00
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