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published
October 27th 2004
by M Press
binding
Hardcover, 272 pages
isbn
1595820000
(isbn13: 9781595820006)
description
By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish families in Germany fled to one of the only open ...more
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Read in October, 2004
This book, despite the numerous typos and errors throughout, (maybe a proof copy) was an excellent account of Ursula Bacon's experiences as a young girl leaving Nazi Germany during WWII for Shanghai with her mother and father. Bacon described her experiences concisely but gave wonderful, full descriptions of life in Shanghai in the 1940s. I liked this book very much.
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Read in February, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone who thinks their life is tough
A unique book about a young Jewish girl who moves from war-torn Europe to a Shanghai ghetto in the 1940's. A well-told and extremely fascinating piece of history. Imagine if Anne Frank and her family had fled to China to live in the slums. Very highly recommended. Five stars for the story, four for the writing.
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Read in April, 2007
I learned that this author used the word "ersatz" so many times that I actually noticed the word each time I read it in the story, and continue to notice this word EVERY TIME I SEE IT!! I am very interested in reading memoirs from the Holocaust, and this was a new twist. Worth a read.
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Read in January, 2006
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Heather
Interesting to hear how WWII affected other regions of the world and how China was the only country to open its doors to the Jewish refugees. Despite the horrible living conditions the Jewish people had to endure, they proved as many did in Europe, that humans are strong.
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Fantastic true story about a jewish girl and her family who flee Nazi germany to Shanghai. I didn't even know there were Jews there but there was a whole colony. There hardships there are unbelievable and her story is excellent. Highly recommend this book.
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This was a look at Shanghai through refuge non Chinese eyes. I thought the commentary on China and the China Japan relationship was interesting but not new. But I did like the story of the Jewish refuges and their tenancity to survive.
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Read in April, 2008
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Jolene Bennett
My husband and I both really liked this book. It is a memoir of a young Jewish girl whose family flees to Shanghai during World War II. It was interesting getting a different perspective on the war from refugees in China.
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Fair, but more of a middle-school, this was mylife in Shanghai book. The first chapter about her father being picked up by the Nazi's is extraordinary. OTherwise, it's a tale of a stranger in a strange land.
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Oregon author clearly depicts the human experience and degradation of being Jewish and fleeing ones country. The story tells of their lives translated in Shanghia when Shanghia was the armpit of the world
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the german perspective was waht i wanted to get out of this book - away from the myopic american point of view. met the author, too, which is why i didn't give the book five stars.
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I'm kinda burned out on Holocaust books, but this one was different and I really enjoyed learning about this group of people.
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Read in October, 2006
Read this one at Aunt Annette's house - I didn't even know that Jews fled to Shanghai during Hitler's regime. Very fascinating.
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Read in April, 2005
recommends it for:
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very powerful.. thousands of german jews flee germany to china .. and the many struggles they endurered..
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I liked the educational experience this book provided, but I thought the writing itself was fairly poor.
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I've read this book twice and would read it again!
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