Fred’s childhood in Berlin Fred Marcus On May 16, 1924, Fred Marcus is born in Berlin, Germany. He is given the name Fritz Werner Marcus by his parents, Samuel “Semmy” Marcus and Gertrud Marcus (born Kowalewski). The Marcus family has lived in Prussia for over...
Shanghai: introduction to a new life Fred Marcus Fred’s excitement over the voyage to China provides temporary consolation for all that has been left behind in Germany: a home, a comfortable life, an identity. Although some of their friends and family will also end up...
A new life in the United States Fred Marcus Fred arrives in San Francisco on February 22, 1949, and quickly settles into his new life in the United States. He finds a job at the Huntington Hotel in San Francisco and continues his hotel career for the next 15 years....
Another departure and a homecoming: leaving Shanghai for San Francisco Fred Marcus Fred’s quest to obtain a U.S. immigration visa is eventually successful. He spends much of late 1948 compiling his immigration documentation and making the necessary arrangements to be...
To live in Shanghai, or elsewhere? Fred Marcus During the course of World War II, millions of people are uprooted from their homes. Even two years after the end of the war, close to one million people still await further immigration in DP (displaced persons) camps in...
