Hermann and Regine Elter
Object numberM2017/007:095
TitleHermann and Regine Elter
DescriptionThe image depicts Hermann and his wife Regine standing in a backyard, what is presumed to be there place of living in Sydney, Australia. He died in 1951, three years after arriving in Australia by aircraft.
Hermann was the victim of the 1938 Anschluss which shall the annexation of Austria into Germany. He has not only lost citizenship, due to him being a Polish-born Jew but also that of his livelihood and his investment assets. He interned, with his family, in the Hongkew ghetto district of Japanese occupied Shanghai from a period of 1939-1945.
He never achieved restitution and died a frustrated and disappointed man.
Hermann was the victim of the 1938 Anschluss which shall the annexation of Austria into Germany. He has not only lost citizenship, due to him being a Polish-born Jew but also that of his livelihood and his investment assets. He interned, with his family, in the Hongkew ghetto district of Japanese occupied Shanghai from a period of 1939-1945.
He never achieved restitution and died a frustrated and disappointed man.
Production date 1948 - 1951
Production periodpost World War II
Subjectlife in Australia, arrival in Australia, Jews, victims
Object namephotographs
Materialpaper
Techniquephotography
Dimensions
- photograph length: 89.00 mm
height: 63.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Len Mahemoff