Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish refugees from Central Europe
Subtitle: survival, co-existence, and identity in a multi-ethnic city
By: Irene Eber
Series: Modern Jewish history
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9783110267976
Subjects: Politics and government; Jewish refugees; Jews; Ethnic relations; World War, 1939-1945; Social conditions; Refugees; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.