Name/Title
B+W photo of 9 year old Hans Hager arriving in Hoboken on S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America line, Dec. 2, 1939.Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0014Description
Black-and-white photograph of 9 year old Hans Hager arriving in Hoboken on S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America line, December 2, 1939.
7" x 9" high print. Press photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, N.Y. Inkstamp on reverse plus mimeographed caption; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT 12-3 39 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association.] Ink notation on front lower border: 532113
Text:
532113
AMERICAN YOUTH ARRIVES IN U.S.
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Hans Jager, 9 years old, shown with an identification card around his neck, as he arrived at Hoboken, N.J., unaccompanied, on the Holland-American liner Rotterdam, Dec. 2. The youth, born in the U.S., has been in Germany for the past four years. His father is still in Germany. He will live with his mother in New Rochelle, N.Y.
CREDIT LINE (ACME) 12-2-39 (CT) NY PH STL
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World War II was underway in Europe.
His full name as seen on the card was Werner Hans Hager. His mother was Ella Hager. A different published photo with caption, taken by the Associated Press, is seen in an attached reference image.
It is not discussed in the caption for this photo, but he was one of 900 Jewish refugees arriving on this ship. See related photo of another passenger on the same ship, 2015.001.0013, in which the caption mentions that 900 Jewish refugees were on that ship (subject of that photo was not one of the refugees at that time.)Acquisition
Accession
2015.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-02-06
