Walter Gewing collection

Identifier: irn510519
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Walter Gewing.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of archival materials and a three-dimensional object relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.

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Walter Gewing papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511429
- English
- 1943-1948
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of documents relating to the Gewing family's emigration to Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust. The papers include the donor's innoculation certificate for emigration into China and identification card for a Shanghai chapter of Berit (Brit Trumpeldor), a Chinese census form for the Gewing family, and the 26 September 1948 issue of the Shanghai Echo, a German-language newspaper.
Zionist youth movement badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn511430
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
The badge was issued to the donor from Betar (Brit Trumpeldor), an international Zionist youth movement founded in 1926.

Walter Gewing collection

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Walter Gewing papers

Zionist youth movement badge