Mickey Mouse tea set

Description:	Living in Berlin, Germany during the late 1920s, a young Jewish girl, named Illo Heppner, was given this Mickey Mouse tea set made by Rosenthal and Co. As Nazi power was rising in Berlin during the 1930s, Illo and her parents were forced to emigrate to Shanghi, China. Her father went first; and later in 1940, Illo and her mother followed. They traveled by train through Siberia and into China, and were only allowed to carry about $4 per person and a small amount of luggage. Illo and her family were confined to a ghetto for Jewish refugees in Shanghi, and lived there until 1945. She then married Ernest Heppner and immigrated to the United States in 1947. They arrived in New York City with $11, very little clothing, and the Mickey Mouse tea set. After a couple of moves, the Heppners made their home in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/191
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	Mickey Mouse (Fictitious character) Toys Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Immigrants -- United States -- History Jews -- Migrations Jews -- Europe -- Migrations Jews -- United States -- History United States -- Emigration and immigration 1920s

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