Karen Jungblut, USC Shoah Foundation director of research and documentation, participated in the “Digital Testimonies on War and Trauma” conference in June. Held at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the symposium brought together scholars from all over the world to address the use and impact of digitized narrative collections in relating the horrors of warfare.

Eva speaks of her gratitude to China and the Chinese people.  She explains that despite the hardships related to the refugee experience, her family was able to survive the Holocaust in Shanghai and move on to create a new life in Australia.

Irma speaks fondly of her life in Chongqing, while she lived in China as a German Jewish refugee during the war.

John reflects on the historical reasons of the anti-refugee sentiment he experienced from the local population while living in China as a German Jewish refugee during the war.

Hermine talks about the medical assistance she received from a local Chinese woman when she, a Jewish refugee from Germany, lived in the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai during the war.

Gert expresses his gratitude toward Chinese people and explains that Shanghai served his family as a place of refuge during the war.

Gert describes the community established by Jewish refugees from Germany upon their arrival in China on the eve of World War II. He remembers the living conditions in Shanghai and mentions the Hongkew Ghetto formed in the city by the occupying Japanese authorities in 1943.

Eva reflects on the living conditions she had as a child living in Shanghai, China, during the war and discusses her daily activities.

Fred speaks of his enrollment in the Shanghai Jewish School and describes the education he received while living as a German Jewish refugee in China during the war.