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Title: Fred Marcus papers
Date (inclusive): 1944-1995
Collection Number: 2012C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries and oral history recording and transcript relating to the condition of Jews in Nazi Germany, and to the Jewish refugee
community in China during World War II.
Creator:
Marcus, Fred, -2002
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012
[Identification of item], Fred Marcus papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
| 1924 | Born, Berlin, Germany |
| 1939 March | Left Germany |
| 1939 April | Arrived in Shanghai |
| 1943-1945 | Shanghai Ghetto |
| 1946-1949 | Clerk, Cathay Hotel, Shanghai |
| 1949 | Immigrated to the United States |
| 1949-1969 | Assistant Manager, Huntington Hotel, San Francisco |
| 1969 | BA, Hebrew Union College |
| 1969-1981 | Jewish educator, Temple Emanuel, San Jose |
| 1974 | Married Audrey Friedman |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctorate, Hebrew Union College |
| 2002 | Died, Germany |
| 2008 | Survival in Shanghai: The Journals of Fred Marcus, 1939-1949, Pacific View Press |
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries and oral history recording and transcript relating to the condition of Jews in Nazi Germany, and to the Jewish refugee
community in China during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
Shanghai (China) -- History
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Jews -- Germany
Jews -- China