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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Shanghai Currency Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2017/043:027 TitoloShanghai Currency DescrizioneA collection of banknotes from Shanghai. The bank notes were issued around 1939-40, and all have different denominations. Size corresponds to value, with the smallest note worth one cent, to the largest note worth one dollar. Two of the notes, the one cent and the five cents, are written on, most likely by the Boehms. The one cent note has the date “31.12.40” written on it, and the five cent note it inscribed with “frl. [fraulein] Dorrit Boehm 27/4/1940”. The Boehm family were Jewish refugees from Breslau, Germany. In 1939, Edgar and Irene Boehm, along with Irene’s mother and brother, Sylvia and Rudi Rothholz, immigrated to Shanghai, China. Six months after arriving, Sylvia died of breast cancer. In 1940, Irene and Edgar’s daughter Dorrit (donor of the collection) was born. The family lived in the Hongkew Ghetto, where Edgar worked as a waiter. After the war in 1946, the family immigrated to Australia. Luogo di produzioneShanghai, China Data 1938 - 1940 SoggettoShanghai, China Nome oggettocurrency Materialepaper Dimensioni One cent width: 43.00 mm length: 74.00 mm Five cents width: 49.00 mm length: 86.00 mm Ten cents width: 53.00 mm length: 107.00 mm Twenty Cents width: 57.00 mm length: 113.00 mm One Dollar width: 74.00 mm length: 160.00 mm Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

Numero oggettoM2017/043:027

TitoloShanghai Currency

DescrizioneA collection of banknotes from Shanghai. The bank notes were issued around 1939-40, and all have different denominations. Size corresponds to value, with the smallest note worth one cent, to the largest note worth one dollar.

Two of the notes, the one cent and the five cents, are written on, most likely by the Boehms. The one cent note has the date “31.12.40” written on it, and the five cent note it inscribed with “frl. [fraulein] Dorrit Boehm 27/4/1940”.

The Boehm family were Jewish refugees from Breslau, Germany. In 1939, Edgar and Irene Boehm, along with Irene’s mother and brother, Sylvia and Rudi Rothholz, immigrated to Shanghai, China. Six months after arriving, Sylvia died of breast cancer. In 1940, Irene and Edgar’s daughter Dorrit (donor of the collection) was born. The family lived in the Hongkew Ghetto, where Edgar worked as a waiter. After the war in 1946, the family immigrated to Australia.

Luogo di produzioneShanghai, China

Data 1938 - 1940

SoggettoShanghai, China

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

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