1_35: Augusta Sternberg
1948 April 1, Front side - Letter from the Refugee Organization in Shanghai to Augusta Sternberg.
Tan letter with printed and typed text in English using black ink. At the bottom center, a purple stamp from the Association of Central-European Protestants Shanghai, Refugee Organization, depicting a cross in the center. At the top left, the same logo is printed with black ink. An individual's signature in black ink is present at the bottom right.
Name/Title
1_35: Augusta SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.35Scope and Content
1948 April 1, letter from the Refugee Organization in Shanghai to Augusta Sternberg.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
Letter
Philatelic Material