1_42: Gary Sternberg
1945 April 1, Front side - Certificate of Confirmation from the Association of Central-European Protestants in Shanghai, China.
Tan certificate with printed text in German and English using black ink. Printed handwriting in German using black ink is present. At the bottom center, a purple stamp of the logo of the ACEP in Shanghai. An individual's signature at the bottom right appears.
Name/Title
1_42: Gary SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.42Scope and Content
1945 April 1, certificate of Confirmation from the Association of Central-European Protestants in Shanghai, China.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