Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
6-9-1990
Abstract
Copyright Steve Hochstadt. This transcript is provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Steve Hochstadt, c/o The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
Recommended Citation
Hochstadt, Steve, "Bigus, Gerald oral history interview" (1990). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 46.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/46
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Scope and Content Note
Gerard Bigus was born in Berlin. His family owned a gentlemen's outfitting store, which was destroyed in the night of November 9-10, 1938. He was fourteen years old when his family left Berlin in April 1939, and took passage on the "Conte Rosso" to Shanghai. There Bigus became an apprentice in the radio trade, passed his journeyman's exam, and worked in radio repair. His father died just before the war ended. After the war, Bigus worked for the U.S. Army as a warehouseman and for a hospital as a stock clerk. In December 1948 he and his mother sailed for Israel on the "Wooster Victory." There he served in the army. In 1958 they moved to the United States. Gerard Bigus lives in California with his wife, also a Shanghailander.