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De-registration notification of the residence of Johanna Neugasser
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2024/027
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]De-registration notification of the residence of Johanna Neugasser
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Notification of the Police President Vienna - Central Residence Registration Office, dated 16 November 1938, on the deregistration of the residence of Johanna Neugasser.
Paul Neugasser (1914, Vienna – 2005, Sydney) and Johanna Neugasser (1911, Vienna – 2001, Sydney) lives provide a narrative of survival and resilience. The couple married in Vienna in 1935. As the upsurge of violent antisemitism spread across Europe, they, along with approximately 17,000 Austrian and German Jews, sought refuge in Shanghai—a rare safe haven with no immigration barriers.
In November 1938, the Neugasser's began their journey. They travelled by train from Vienna to Genoa and then boarded the ocean liner SS Cristofo Colombo to Shanghai. This decision was made under duress; Paul had been arrested by the Gestapo and taken to a local jail. Johanna's recognition by the police, due to her work in the box office of her family’s movie theatre chain, led to Paul's conditional release. The condition was that he leave Austria immediately, which they did that evening.
The Neugasser's settled in the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai, where their first child, Neville, was born in February 1944. The family endured the hardships of wartime Shanghai until 1946 when they immigrated to Australia. After a six-month stay in Hong Kong, they arrived by plane and reunited with Johanna’s parents, who had established a chicken farm in Quakers Hill after their own escape from Vienna to Australia in 1936.
Paul Neugasser (1914, Vienna – 2005, Sydney) and Johanna Neugasser (1911, Vienna – 2001, Sydney) lives provide a narrative of survival and resilience. The couple married in Vienna in 1935. As the upsurge of violent antisemitism spread across Europe, they, along with approximately 17,000 Austrian and German Jews, sought refuge in Shanghai—a rare safe haven with no immigration barriers.
In November 1938, the Neugasser's began their journey. They travelled by train from Vienna to Genoa and then boarded the ocean liner SS Cristofo Colombo to Shanghai. This decision was made under duress; Paul had been arrested by the Gestapo and taken to a local jail. Johanna's recognition by the police, due to her work in the box office of her family’s movie theatre chain, led to Paul's conditional release. The condition was that he leave Austria immediately, which they did that evening.
The Neugasser's settled in the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai, where their first child, Neville, was born in February 1944. The family endured the hardships of wartime Shanghai until 1946 when they immigrated to Australia. After a six-month stay in Hong Kong, they arrived by plane and reunited with Johanna’s parents, who had established a chicken farm in Quakers Hill after their own escape from Vienna to Australia in 1936.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1938-11-16 - 1938-11-16
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]arrests, Hongkew Ghetto, migrant experiences
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]official correspondence
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- height: 295.00 mm
width: 210.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum collection. Donated by Neville New in memory of Paul New (Neugasser)