![Two German Jewish refugee women stand behind the counter of the Elite Provision Store (delicatessen) in Shanghai. [LCID: 38027]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7b547ca2-3747-4c4b-802a-c94877972c13.jpg)
Two German Jewish refugee women stand behind the counter of the Elite Provision Store (delicatessen) in Shanghai. Pictured on the left is the owner, Gerda Harpuder; on the right is her cousin Kate Benjamin. In 1939 Hans and Gerda Harpuder sold their crystal, silver, and other family possessions shipped from Berlin in order to open a grocery store in Hongkew at 737 East Broadway.
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