Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish refugees from Central Europe : survival, co-existence, and identity in a multi-ethnic city

Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish refugees from Central Europe survival, co-existence, and identity in a multi-ethnic city

The study discusses the history of the Jewish refugees within the Shanghai setting and its relationship to the two established Jewish communities, the Sephardi and Russian Jews. Attention is also focused on the cultural life of the refugees who used both German and Yiddish, and on their attempts to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eber, Irene, 1929-2019 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter 2012.
Colección:New perspectives on modern Jewish history ; v. 1.
Materias:
Jews > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
Jews > China > Shanghai > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jewish refugees > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > China > Shanghai.
China > Politics and government > 1937-1945.
Shanghai (China) > Ethnic relations.
Jewry, Shanghai, Religion.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Shanghai
  • Chapter 2: Germany's China Policy, Forced Emigration and the Search for Alternative Destinations
  • Chapter 3: "To Suffer a Martyr's Death Rather than Perish in Shanghai" or to "Die as Free Men in Shanghai"
  • Chapter 4: Strangers in Shanghai
  • Chapter 5: Years of Misfortune: 1941-1945
  • Chapter 6: End of War and the Jewish Exodus
  • Some Final Remarks
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Persons

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