Walter Gewing papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Walter Gewing
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Walter Gewing in 2002.
Scope and Content
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.
People
- Gewing, Max.
- Gewing, Walter.
Corporate Bodies
- Betar
Subjects
- Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai.
- China--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jewish youth--China--Societies and clubs.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Newspapers.
- Document
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