1_08: Gary Sternberg
c.1940s, Front side - Stamp page from Gary Sternberg in Shanghai, China.
Tan paper with cursive handwriting in German using blue ink at the top edge. At the center are four stamps. Each stamp (one brown, green, blue, and red) depicts the Great Hall of the People in Nanjing, China. A black cancellation is placed overtop each stamp.
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1_08: Gary SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.8Scope and Content
c.1946-1950s, stamp page from Gary Sternberg in Shanghai, China.Context
Partial excerpt taken from exhibit page Gary Sternberg in Shanghai: Mixing Flour, Water, and German Opera: Gary (Gerd) Sternberg was born in Germany on August 25, 1931 to a Protestant mother and a Jewish father. Although he and his sister were raised and baptized as Protestants, Nazi ideology designated Gary as Jewish. Gary’s father was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp on June 14, 1938. When released January 28, 1939, the family managed to find refuge in Shanghai, China with about 18,000 other mostly-Jewish refugees. Gary’s family lived in Shanghai from May 1939 to July 1948. The stamps on the front side depict the Great Hall of the People in Nanjing, China. The stamps were produced in 1946 for the National Assembly in China. At the National Assembly in 1946, the Constitution of the Republic of China was created. Source: “Historical Documents - Office of the Historian.” 2026. State.gov. 2026. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1947v07/d101.Collection
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