Collection of food coupons and personal documents belonging to Erika Fischer – a Jewish woman who fled from Czechoslovakia to Shanghai in November 1938.
According to the documents before us, Erika was born in Hodonín, Moravia, Czechoslovakia, on July 28, 1911. She studied for 8 years at a girls’ school and 3 years in junior high. She married in Vienna in 1931 and lived there until she was forced to leave under Nazi laws. She arrived in Shanghai, China, in November 1938. During the war years, she worked in the canteen of the Jewish refugee camp in Shanghai (hence the many food coupons she kept) and lived on Tungshan Road, Shanghai, China. After the war ended, she worked for the United States Army. Presented here is a collection of items from Erika’s estate dating from her time in Shanghai and after the war.
60 coupons for sugar, margarine, soap, matches, coal, and salt – from the canteen of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai.
Two meal room booth tickets written in Hebrew.
Certificate for the import of personal belongings of Erika Fischer, signed by the transportation agent of the International Refugee Organization.
Travel ticket from Shanghai on the ship Wooster Victory, Dock No. 186.
A letter in which Erika details her life story as part of a job application for domestic work, in response to a “demand for domestic help in Australia” published at that time – October 1946.
Immigration permit allowing Mrs. Erika Fischer to carry 180 kg per person upon leaving Shanghai in December 1948.
Receipt issued by the Jewish Committee of the American Joint Distribution Ltd.
Certificate of passport issuance – January 1949.
Registration certificate issued by the International Refugee Organization.
Issue No. 4 of the rare newspaper Magen David, published in Japan – January 26, 1946 – stencil printed. The issue includes ongoing reports on the situation of Jewish refugees in Polish cities, relief activity of the “HeHalutz” movement, the physical condition of camp survivors who were still malnourished, assistance with immigration to Eretz Israel, and more.
Approximately 70 paper items in total. Overall condition very good
