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| Hongkew Life
Having already undergone the difficulties of relocating from Europe to Shanghai, those refugees living outside the Hongkew district were forced to move again –into “the Ghetto”. While doctors and dentists could continue to practice freely, others had to find new means of livelihood. Many proved resourceful and established themselves in a variety of businesses. Some refugees, including academics, were incapable of making the necessary adjustment and whiled away their hours at home. Living conditions in the ghetto were far from ideal. Hongkew was a congested area where refugees, poor Russian Jews and Chinese lived on top of each other. Most families resided in a single room in overcrowded tenements with minimal furnishings or facilities. Sewage was taken away in night-soil carts and hot water had to be purchased from shops. Those unable to afford private lodgings lived in “heime”, jampacked dormitories maintained by Jewish charities. Soup kitchens provided meals for increasing numbers of refugees as the war progressed and food supplies and funds ran short. Many ghetto inhabitants preferred to spend their spare time in the cafés rather than at home or in the dormitories. |
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Air raid
procedure - Pao Chia Pisk, G 1945 Paper Instructions on procedure for air raid, printed on recycled paper due to paper shortage |
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Armband
from Pao Chia police Pamus, G Fabric |
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Badge (blue and red) Pisk, G Metal Pass for 6 months for passage into Shanghai from Hongkew |
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Cartoon book by F. Melchior Gunsberger, F & R 1945 Paper Cartoons of Ghoya, Hongkew ghetto |
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Census form Pisk, G 1943 Paper For Pisk family in Hongkew ghetto, by Pao Chia |
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Notice to Pao Chia Pisk, G 1943 Paper Passes and if it continued they would be punished |
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Red Cross letters in code (20 Gunsberger, F & R 1942 Paper From family in Vienna to Fred Gunsberger |
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'Squeezing through', Shanghai Sketch Book
Pisk, G Paper Cartoon sketches of Shanghai life; by Paula Eskelund and Schiff |
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