1_30: Augusta Sternberg
c.1948, Front side - Photograph of Augusta Sternberg and a kitten.
Black-and-white photograph depicting Augusta Sternberg holding a black and white kitten. Augusta is wearing a light colored dress with ric rac ribboning across the the collar and bottom of the dress. She is wearing white socks with dark shoes and is sitting upon a wooden bench. Augusta is posed on a concrete balcony with metal railings. In the background, a brick and concrete building. At the bottom right, a courtyard appears.
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1_30: Augusta SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.30Scope and Content
c.1948, photograph of Augusta Sternberg and a 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