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Actions Displays	HWA LIEN Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2017/007:083 TitleHWA LIEN DescriptionThis image depicts Denis Frederick Carver (born Fritz Schnitzer) and Gertrude Carver (nee Elter) standing in front of the hull of HWA LIEN. Carver and his wife Gertrude were passengers on this ship. They had arrived in Sydney on the 28th January 1947. The date of the photograph is assumed to coincide with the landing permit for Carver (under Fritz Schnitzer) to Australia. Whether this image was taken before or after the voyage is unknown. Being a bona fide refugee leaving the ghetto in Shanghai to Australia would have been a chance to reestablish their lives and to achieve levels of normality. The HWA LIEN is historically significant for being one of the passenger ships transporting Jewish refugees from Shanghai, China to Australia in 1947 for resettlement and humanitarian aid. Subsidised fares for refugee Jews in Shanghai were undertaken by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The HWA LIEN was a media phenomenon, with the ship being linked to the Australian media controversy surrounding the arrival of Jewish refugees to Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney. Production date Production periodpost World War II SubjectHWA LIEN, refugee experiences in Shanghai , victims, life in Australia, passenger ships, arrival in Australia Object namephotographs Materialpaper Techniquephotography Dimensions photograph length: 88.00 mm height: 64.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff

Object numberM2017/007:083

TitleHWA LIEN

DescriptionThis image depicts Denis Frederick Carver (born Fritz Schnitzer) and Gertrude Carver (nee Elter) standing in front of the hull of HWA LIEN. Carver and his wife Gertrude were passengers on this ship. They had arrived in Sydney on the 28th January 1947. The date of the photograph is assumed to coincide with the landing permit for Carver (under Fritz Schnitzer) to Australia. Whether this image was taken before or after the voyage is unknown.

Being a bona fide refugee leaving the ghetto in Shanghai to Australia would have been a chance to reestablish their lives and to achieve levels of normality.

The HWA LIEN is historically significant for being one of the passenger ships transporting Jewish refugees from Shanghai, China to Australia in 1947 for resettlement and humanitarian aid. Subsidised fares for refugee Jews in Shanghai were undertaken by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The HWA LIEN was a media phenomenon, with the ship being linked to the Australian media controversy surrounding the arrival of Jewish refugees to Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney.

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SubjectHWA LIEN, refugee experiences in Shanghai , victims, life in Australia, passenger ships, arrival in Australia

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff

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