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Record Nr.

UNISA996308832903316

Autore

Eber Irene <1929-2019>

Titolo

Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish refugees from Central Europe [[electronic resource] ] : survival, co-existence, and identity in a multi-ethnic city / / Irene Eber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : De Gruyter, 2012

ISBN

1-280-59766-6

9786613627490

3-11-026819-1

3-11-026818-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

New perspectives on modern Jewish history, , 2192-9645 ; ; v. 1

Classificazione

NQ 2360

Disciplina

940.53/145089924051132

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 cope under Japanese occupation after the



outbreak of the Pacific War. Differences of identity existed between Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, religious and secular, aside from linguistic and cultural differences. The study aims to understand the exile condition of the refugees and their amazing efforts