Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe: Survival, Co-Existence, and Identity in a Multi-Ethnic City

by Irene Eber

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110485680
• ISBN13: 9783110485684
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary