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Yvonne talks about her maternal grandmother's flight from Germany to China, joining Yvonne and her parents in Shanghai a year after they had arrived there in 1939. Yvonne states that the remaining family perished during the Holocaust. She explains why her mother chose Shanghai as a place of refuge.

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  • Henry Ebstein

    Language: English

    Henry describes his flight from Berlin, Germany, to Shanghai, China, in summer 1940 and recalls the family members he left behind.

  • Language: English

    Gerald talks about his family's flight from Nazi Germany to China in 1939, on board of the German steamship "Scharnhorst."  He mentions the instrumental role of Jewish relief organizations that assisted his family during the trip and describes his first impressions of Shanghai.

  • Language: English

    Yvonne talks about her maternal grandmother's flight from Germany to China, joining Yvonne and her parents in Shanghai a year after they had arrived there in 1939. Yvonne states that the remaining family perished during the Holocaust. She explains why her mother chose Shanghai as a place of refuge.