1_62: Gary Sternberg
c.1939-1948, Front side - Photograph from Gary Sternberg in Shanghai, China.
Black-and-white photograph depicting Ruth Sternberg (center) pictured with two girls. The three girls are pictured standing in front of a brick wall. In the background, a building and foliage at the right in the distance.
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1_62: Gary SternbergEntry/Object ID
2017.1.62Scope and Content
c.1939-1948, photograph from Gary Sternberg 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
Photograph