1_15: Augusta and Ruth Sternberg
1948 September 11, Front side - Photograph of Augusta and Ruth Sternberg, San Francisco, United States.
Black-and-white photograph depicting Augusta and Ruth Sternberg. At the left, Ruth, wearing a grey buttoned jacket and skirt with black heels. She has a long dark haircut. Her hands are at side by side at her front hips. At the right, Augusta, wearing a grey buttoned jacket and skirt with black wedge heels. Her hands are placed behind her back. She has a short dark haircut. The women are depicted standing in front of a large paneled door. Foliage and greenery to the left with a concrete ledge are present.
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1_15: Augusta and Ruth SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.15Scope and Content
1948 September 11, photograph of Augusta and Ruth Sternberg, San Francisco, United States.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. After departing Shanghai on the U.S.S. General MC Meigs, the Sternberg family arrived in San Francisco, California, on July 22, 1948 where they resided for approximately three months. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio.Collection
Gary SternbergCategory
Photograph