us-005578-irn512820-irn512828
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record resource structure: The Ernest G. Heppner papers are arranged as four series: I. Heppner family materials, 1937-1948, II. Redlich family materials, 1934-1949, III. Shanghai newspapers, 1940-1948, IV. Printed materials, 1934-1949
record resource extent: boxes 3
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scope and content: The Ernest G. Heppner papers consist of records documenting the Ernest Heppner and Kurt Redlich families’ departures from Nazi Europe and their lives in Japanese‐occupied Shanghai, newspapers documenting the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai, and other printed materials. Heppner family materials include biographical materials about Ernest Heppner, his mother Hilde Heppner, his wife Ilse‐Lore Heppner, her father Paul Koratkowski, and their relative Rosa Koratkowski; correspondence; and files documenting the Heppners’ and Koratkowskis’ activities in Shanghai. Biographical materials include identification papers, employment records, and travel records. Correspondents include Heppner’s father and sister who remained in Breslau and his brother’s family in England. This series also includes files documenting Ernest Heppner’s participation in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, his and his wife’s work for the US Army Advisory Group, his mother’s social work with Jewish refugees in Shanghai, and his father‐in‐law’s participation in the Jüdische Gemeinde alongside Kurt Redlich. Redlich family materials include biographical materials about Kurt Redlich and his wife Ida, correspondence, files documenting the Jewish community and aid organizations in Shanghai, and a map and narrative describing Redlich’s experiences in Dachau after Kristallnacht. Biographical materials include identification papers, education records, and travel and immigration papers. Correspondents include family members, friends, Charles Jordan of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and David Kranzler, to whom Redlich provided information for Kranzler’s book, Japanese, Nazis & Jews: the Jewish refugee community of Shanghai, 1938‐1945 (a copy of which can be found in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s library). These files also include two photographs documenting the JDC in Shanghai. Shanghai newspapers include English and German language newspapers printed in Shanghai during the w…
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biographical history: Ernst Günther Heppner (later, Ernest Guenter,1921-2004) was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Isidor (1878-c.1942) and Hilda (nee Liffmann, 1884-1982) Heppner. Ernst had two, older, half-siblings, Else (1905-1944) and Heinz (later Henry, 1907-2005). Isidor owned one of the largest matzah factories in Germany, and the family lived a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle. The family adhered to very conservative, almost orthodox religious practices. During the summers, Hilda and Else managed their family’s strictly kosher hotel in Altheide, a resort town near the Czechoslovakian border. Hilda traveled often to visit her large family, so Ernst spent much of his time with Else, who had contracted polio as a child and required leg braces and canes. At his primary school in Breslau, Ernst was one of only two Jewish children in his class. He frequently experienced antisemitism from both teachers and other students, and got into many fights. Ernst was involved in a Jewish scouting group, which promoted paramilitary training and survival tactics. After completing primary school, Ernst was enrolled in a gymnasium (a college preparatory school). In 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor or Germany, and authorities quickly enacted anti-Jewish decrees that restricted every aspect of Jewish life. The family’s bank accounts were frozen. Ernst became ostracized at school, and was prohibited from participating with sports teams and class excursions. In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were passed, mandating the total separation of Jews and non-Jews. Ernst was expelled from school, and his parents were forced to sell their hotel to non-Jews. Ernst began attending trade classes in welding and locksmithing, and became an apprentice at an industrial machinery company owned by a family friend. On November 9 and 10, 1938, officials instigated pogroms against Jews and their property throughout Germany, known as Kristallnacht. The local synagogue was set on fire, but since Isidor…
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has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1980-12-31
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title: Ernest G. Heppner papers
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum