Ralph Harpuder showcases the special exhibit "Flight and Rescue" 
currently showing at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

The exhibit brochure is displayed here through the kind permission of the USHM Museum.

Flight and Rescue
Brochure Cover - Fig 1

Presents historical artifacts, photographs, film and testimonies of men and women who survived the Holocaust by escaping to Japan and points beyond.

Shanghai
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What will happen to us?

Shanghai
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Waiting at the Ward Road Heim soup kitchen

Refugee Life 1941 - 1945
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"Due to military necessity, places of residence and businesses of the stateless refugees in the Shanghai area shall hereafter be restricted to the designated area."

Refugee Life 1941 - 1945
Fig 5

This proclamation came like a bombshell...

After The War
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When the war ended, the entry of American forces into Shanghai provoked jubilation that was quickly tempered by the news of the holocaust.

After The War
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We felt we had lost everything....

General Goods Store Elite - in the Ghetto
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This photo shows Gerda Harpuder, the store proprietor, and Kaete Benjamin, a relative.

This photo as displayed in the USHHM Museum in Washington, D.C.

Ralph Harpuder
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Ralph Harpuder poses in front of the displayed photo of his mother, Gerda.

Document Handling at the USHMM
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White gloves must be worn when handling precious documents.

A Passport issued by the Third Reich
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