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Voices from Shanghai
Jewish Exiles in Wartime China
Irene Eber
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Voices from Shanghai
Jewish Exiles in Wartime China
Irene Eber
Ă propos de ce livre
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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Table des matiĂšres
- Contents
- introduction
- Meylekh Ravitch âą âA Rickshaw Coolie Dies on a Shanghai Dawnâ(1935)
- Annie F. Witting âą Letter (1939)
- Alfred Friedlaender âą âPrologueâ (1939)
- Egon Varro âą âWell, That Too Is Shanghaiâ (1939) âą
- W. Y. Tonn âą âPeculiar Shanghaiâ (1940)
- Annie F. Witting âą Letter (1940)
- Lotte Margot âą âThe Chinese Woman Dancesâ (1940)
- E. Simkhoni âą âThree Countries Spat Me Outâ (1941)
- Kurt Lewin âą âMore Lightâ (1941) âą
- Yehoshua Rapoport âą âAnd So It Begins . . .â (1941)
- Yosl Mlotek âą âThe Lament of My Motherâ (1941)
- E. Simkhoni âą âMy God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Meâ (1942)
- Mordechai Rotenberg âą âSun in a Netâ (1942) âą
- Yosl Mlotek âą âShanghaiâ (1942) âą
- Karl Heinz Wolff âą âThe Diligent Masonâ (1942)
- Hermann Goldfarb âą âWanderingâ (1942)
- Jacob H. Fishman âą âMiniaturesâ (1942)
- Yosl Mlotek âą âA Letter . . .â (1943)
- Yehoshua Rapoport âą Diary (excerpts, 1941â1943)
- Anonymous âą âPins, Not for Meâ (1944)
- Yoni Fayn âą âA Poem About Shanghai Ghettoâ (1945)
- Herbert Zernik âą âA Monkey Turned Humanâ (1945)
- Shoshana Kahan âą In Fire and Flames: Diary of a Jewish Actress (excerpts, 1941â1945)
- Kurt Lewin âą âThe Weekly Saladâ (1946)
- Jacob H. Fishman âą âA Weddingâ (1947)
- acknowledgments
- notes
- index of names