1_28: Gary Sternberg
c.1940s-1950s, photograph of a black and white colored kitten.
Black-and-white photograph depicting a black and white colored kitten sitting on the concrete ground. The kitten is posed by a brick building, a stack of eight bricks, and two cardboard boxes.
Name/Title
1_28: Gary SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.28Scope and Content
c.1940s-1950s, photograph of a black and white colored kitten.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