Related Archival Materials note
Scope and Contents note
Biographical/Historical note
Preferred Citation note
Custodial History note
Conditions Governing Use note
Conditions Governing Access note
Title: Jenny Kamnitzer papers
Identifier/Call Number: 1988.1286
Contributing Institution:
Tauber Holocaust Library
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Container: Archives Box 5
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder(s)
Date (inclusive): 1939-1947
Language of Materials note: Materials are in
German
, English and Chinese.
Abstract: This collection comprises documents relating to the emigration of a
German
Jew, Jenny Kamnitzer, from Nazi Germany to Shanghai, China in 1940, and her subsequent emigration to the United States in
1947.
Creator:
Kamnitzer, Jenny
Related Archival Materials note
There are numerous collections in the Tauber Holocaust Library’s archives which document the experiences of
German
and Austrian Jews who lived in Shanghai during the war years. Consult archivist for more information.
Scope and Contents note
The collection is comprised of documents relating to the wartime experiences of Jenny Kamnitzer, a
German
Jew who fled Nazi Germany for the relative safety of Shanghai, China, including her stay in Shanghai during the war years,
and her successful emigration from Shanghai to San Francisco after World War II.
Biographical/Historical note
The collection documents the experience of
German
and Austrian Jews forced to flee from Germany and Austria during Hitler’s Third Reich. Denied admittance to most countries,
thousands of
German
and Austrian Jews found their way to Shanghai, where visas and passports were not required until the Japanese occupation.
After 1941, the occupying Nazi-aligned Japanese ghettoized the Jewish refugees in Shanghai into an area known as the Shanghai
Ghetto.
Jenny Kamnitzer was born in Langen, Germany on July 13, 1880. In 1940, when she emigrated to Shanghai, she was living in Hamburg.
Papers in the collection indicate that Siegfried Kamnitzer (date of birth July 26, 1908), donor of the papers, left Germany
for Shanghai in 1939; it is likely that Mrs. Kamnitzer followed him there. In 1941, while living in Shanghai, Mrs. Kamnitzer
began the process of applying for emigration to the United States. She was admitted to the United States in San Francisco,
California on March 19, 1947.
Preferred Citation note
Jenny Kamnitzer papers, 1939-1947, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Custodial History note
The Jenny Kamnitzer papers were donated to the Holocaust Center of Northern California by Mr. Siegfried Kamnitzer.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kamnitzer, Siegfried
Immigration records
Jewish refugees -- China -- Shanghai
Jews,
German
-- Migrations
Jews,
German
-- Shanghai -- Migrations
Passports
Shanghai (China) -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration
Women immigrants -- United States
Women refugees -- Shanghai