1_23: Ruth Sternberg
c.1940s, Front side - Photograph of Ruth Sternberg pictured with ducks.
Black-and-white photograph depicting Ruth Sternberg at the right side, wearing a short sleeve white collared shirt and a neutral toned buttoned vest overtop. In the background, approximately 10 runner ducks (white ducks with long necks) are pictured. In the foreground, a wooden and metal fence in front of Ruth and the ducks.
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1_23: Ruth SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.23Scope and Content
c.1940s, photograph of Ruth Sternberg pictured with ducks.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.Collection
Gary SternbergCategory
Photograph