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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Employment Record Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2017/043:010 TítuloEmployment Record DescripciónAn employment record, belonging to Edgar Boehm. The aim of the arbeitsbuch was to control the occupational mobility of workers. They were a method of restricting the professional freedoms of Germans, and another way to discriminate against Jewish citizens. Edgar was born on the 13th of January, 1905 in Barth, Germany. His father, Siegmund Boehm, owned the successful department store, Siegmund Boehm, which sold haberdashery and homewares. Edgar married Irene Rothholz on the 3rd of November, 1935, and settled in Irene’s home town of Breslau. In Breslau, Edgar opened his own wholesale business, but four years later had to sell his business for a fraction of its value. In January 1939, Edgar left Germany for Shanghai with Irene, Irene’s mother Sylvia, and Irene’s younger brother Rudi. The family was interned in Hongkew Ghetto by the Japanese, where Edgar found work as a waiter. In 1940, Irene gave birth to their daughter, Dorrit. In 1946, Edgar’s sister, Alice, sponsored the family’s immigration to Australia. After spending three months in transit in Hong Kong, they arrived in Australia on the 28th of October 1946. Lugar de producciónBreslau, Germany Fecha 1936 - 1938 TemaPre-war life, third Reich Nombre del objetowork cards Materialpaper Dimensiones width: 115.00 mm length: 148.00 mm Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

Número del objetoM2017/043:010

TítuloEmployment Record

DescripciónAn employment record, belonging to Edgar Boehm. The aim of the arbeitsbuch was to control the occupational mobility of workers. They were a method of restricting the professional freedoms of Germans, and another way to discriminate against Jewish citizens.

Edgar was born on the 13th of January, 1905 in Barth, Germany. His father, Siegmund Boehm, owned the successful department store, Siegmund Boehm, which sold haberdashery and homewares. Edgar married Irene Rothholz on the 3rd of November, 1935, and settled in Irene’s home town of Breslau. In Breslau, Edgar opened his own wholesale business, but four years later had to sell his business for a fraction of its value. In January 1939, Edgar left Germany for Shanghai with Irene, Irene’s mother Sylvia, and Irene’s younger brother Rudi. The family was interned in Hongkew Ghetto by the Japanese, where Edgar found work as a waiter. In 1940, Irene gave birth to their daughter, Dorrit. In 1946, Edgar’s sister, Alice, sponsored the family’s immigration to Australia. After spending three months in transit in Hong Kong, they arrived in Australia on the 28th of October 1946.

Lugar de producciónBreslau, Germany

Fecha 1936 - 1938

TemaPre-war life, third Reich

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

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