1_39: Augusta Sternberg
1948 July 10, Front side - Certificate from the Consulate General of the United States in Shanghai, China to Augusta Sternberg.
Tan certificate with printed and typed text in English using black ink. At the bottom left, a black-and-white photograph depicting Augusta Sternberg looking at the camera. She is wearing a light colored blouse/dress and a pearl necklace. Augusta's signature in black ink is present at the top of the photograph. Overtop, a debossed stamp from the Consulate Service. To the right, a red-brown 2-dollar stamp from American Foreign Services. At the right side, two signatures appear. One is from Augusta Sternberg and the other from Norman B. Hannah, the Vice Consul of the United States at Shanghai, China.
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1_39: Augusta SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.39Scope and Content
1948 July 10, certificate from the Consulate General of the United States in Shanghai, China 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
Certificate