Voices from Shanghai
Jewish Exiles in Wartime China
Irene Eber
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Voices from Shanghai
Jewish Exiles in Wartime China
Irene Eber
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When Hitler came to power and the German army began to sweep through Europe, almost 20, 000 Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai. A remarkable collection of the letters, diary entries, poems, and short stories composed by these refugees in the years after they landed in China, Voices from Shanghai fills a gap in our historical understanding of what happened to so many Jews who were forced to board the first ship bound for anywhere.
Once they arrived, the refugees learned to navigate the various languages, belief systems, and ethnic traditions they encountered in an already booming international city, and faced challenges within their own community based on disparities in socioeconomic status, levels of religious observance, urban or rural origin, and philosophical differences. Recovered from archives, private collections, and now-defunct newspapers, these fascinating accounts make their English-languge debut in this volume. A rich new take on Holocaust literature, Voices from Shanghai reveals how refugees attempted to pursue a life of creativity despite the hardships of exile.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Contents
- introduction
- Meylekh Ravitch ⢠âA Rickshaw Coolie Dies on a Shanghai Dawnâ(1935)
- Annie F. Witting ⢠Letter (1939)
- Alfred Friedlaender ⢠âPrologueâ (1939)
- Egon Varro ⢠âWell, That Too Is Shanghaiâ (1939) â˘
- W. Y. Tonn ⢠âPeculiar Shanghaiâ (1940)
- Annie F. Witting ⢠Letter (1940)
- Lotte Margot ⢠âThe Chinese Woman Dancesâ (1940)
- E. Simkhoni ⢠âThree Countries Spat Me Outâ (1941)
- Kurt Lewin ⢠âMore Lightâ (1941) â˘
- Yehoshua Rapoport ⢠âAnd So It Begins . . .â (1941)
- Yosl Mlotek ⢠âThe Lament of My Motherâ (1941)
- E. Simkhoni ⢠âMy God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Meâ (1942)
- Mordechai Rotenberg ⢠âSun in a Netâ (1942) â˘
- Yosl Mlotek ⢠âShanghaiâ (1942) â˘
- Karl Heinz Wolff ⢠âThe Diligent Masonâ (1942)
- Hermann Goldfarb ⢠âWanderingâ (1942)
- Jacob H. Fishman ⢠âMiniaturesâ (1942)
- Yosl Mlotek ⢠âA Letter . . .â (1943)
- Yehoshua Rapoport ⢠Diary (excerpts, 1941â1943)
- Anonymous ⢠âPins, Not for Meâ (1944)
- Yoni Fayn ⢠âA Poem About Shanghai Ghettoâ (1945)
- Herbert Zernik ⢠âA Monkey Turned Humanâ (1945)
- Shoshana Kahan ⢠In Fire and Flames: Diary of a Jewish Actress (excerpts, 1941â1945)
- Kurt Lewin ⢠âThe Weekly Saladâ (1946)
- Jacob H. Fishman ⢠âA Weddingâ (1947)
- acknowledgments
- notes
- index of names