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Numero oggettoM2004/016:007a
DescrizioneTelegram to Felix Berger in Shanghai from his mother in Vienna, 13 July 1940, requesting him to organise a permit for her and Fredy (Brother ?).
Felix Berger was born in Vienna in 1910. At the age of 28, in 1938, after the annexation of Austria, he tried to immigrate fearing a war, but all countries had closed their borders. He decided to go to England as an illegal immigrant and obtained tickets for himself and two friends, travelling by ship from Hamburg to London, where they planned to ask for political asylum as persecuted migrants. The plan got them imprisoned, after which they were released and sent to Germany in September 1938 where they were again imprisoned. They returned to Vienna and in the summer of 1939, obtained passages to Shanghai. Arriving penniless, Felix sold all his belongings, except for paint and brushes, to pay for food, which enabled him to survive by selling his paintings.
Felix Berger was born in Vienna in 1910. At the age of 28, in 1938, after the annexation of Austria, he tried to immigrate fearing a war, but all countries had closed their borders. He decided to go to England as an illegal immigrant and obtained tickets for himself and two friends, travelling by ship from Hamburg to London, where they planned to ask for political asylum as persecuted migrants. The plan got them imprisoned, after which they were released and sent to Germany in September 1938 where they were again imprisoned. They returned to Vienna and in the summer of 1939, obtained passages to Shanghai. Arriving penniless, Felix sold all his belongings, except for paint and brushes, to pay for food, which enabled him to survive by selling his paintings.
Luogo di produzioneVienna, Austria
Data 1940-07-13
Periodo di produzioneWorld War II (1939-1945)
Nome oggettotelegrams
Materialepaper
Dimensioni
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 195.00 mm
Lingua
- German
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by David and Janet Houltby