The Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection offers a photographic record of life in Shanghai, China, in the war-torn years from 1937 through 1949.Werner von Boltenstern

Adler s Transportation Company truck Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Light bulb factory workers Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Chinese musicians at XGRS German Radio Station Shanghai China 1949 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Boris Only Cash Cafe Shanghai China, 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Boris Only Cash Cafe Shanghai China outside 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Boris Only Cash Cafe Shanghai China inside 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Bar Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Carpenter shop Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Harpuder s block ice business on Seward Road Shanghai China 1938 1949 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Carioca Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Chinese woman on a tricycle carriage Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Clothing store Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Express Cafe and Tea Room Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Frank s Flower Expo Shanghai China 1940 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Boy and dog next to a metal gate Shanghai China 1939 1948 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Man in a house Shanghai China 1938 1948 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Hou Da Yi Zhuang clothing store Shanghai China 1949 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Hospital Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Office Shanghai China 1939 1948 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Boats on a creek Shanghai China 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Berlin Co Ltd Shanghai China 1949 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Home goods store Shanghai China 1938 1939 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Glassblowing Shanghai China 1949 - Werner von Boltenstern | - Werner von Boltenstern

Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

The Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection offers a photographic record of life in Shanghai, China, in the war-torn years from 1937 through 1949. Every-day life in the city is captured in photographs of bustling streets, school children playing, and family portraits. The greatest importance of the collection rests in its remarkable photographic documentation of the Jewish community of Shanghai, consisting mostly of Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. Examples of subjects of these photographs and negatives include businesses, cultural life, living quarters, and government documents. While von Boltenster spent most of these years in Shanghai, he traveled to Taiwan and, possibly, Hong Kong as well. As a result, a small portion of the images might be of those locations.

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