Hella Luft (Manuel) in Flatow Germany about 1 year old
Hella's brother Lothar Luft, 8 years old
Hella, 10 years old, in Flatow Germany
School Photo Flatow 1928, Hella 2nd row 7th from left. Teacher Herr Muller
Family gathering on the North Sea 1929, Hella Luft with the beach ball
Application for a visa to travel to Paraguay, January 1939
Shanghai 1946, Hella and Walter Manuel (l) Gerty and Hans Lovy (r)
Berlin 1938, a letter attesting to Hella’s employment with Georg Beigel, hat maker
Document certifying Hella as a milliner’s apprentice
Work papers 1937, allowing Hella to use public transportation
Leaving Germany in 1939 to go to Shanghai aboard the Haruna Maru
Walter and Hella outside Walter’s Jewelry store in Shanghai
Walter’s identification document inShanghai
This tag was worn in Shanghai and served as a pass that allowed Hella to leave the ghetto to go to work.
Splendid restaurant where Hella worked while in Shanghai
Café Imperial 1940 – another location where Hella worked
Hella Manuel - Shanghai, 1947
Walter, Hella, Steve, and Bernice, 1955
Identity Card used while in Berlin
Document identifying Hella as a Jew with the letter J on the outside and “Sara” added as a middle name.