Ghetto Shanghai
Author | : Evelyn Pike Rubin |
Publisher | : Shengold Books |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1993 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105070668442 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ghetto Shanghai written by Evelyn Pike Rubin and published by Shengold Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of the author, born Eveline Popielarz, in 1930, in Breslau. She and her parents managed to leave Nazi Germany in February 1939 for Shanghai. In 1947 they settled in the USA. Pp. 11-69 describe their life in Nazi Germany. The author's father was interned in Buchenwald after the "Kristallnacht" pogrom in 1938, and only his being a World War I veteran got him out of the camp. Pp. 71-145 describe their life in Shanghai. Between 1943-45 the family was enclosed in the ghetto area of Hongkew in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.