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Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe: Survival, Co-Existence, and Identity in a Multi-Ethnic City
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The authors 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, focusing on the cultural life of the refugees who used both German and Yiddish, and their attempts to cope under Japanese occupation after the outbreak of the Pacific War.Abstract:
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 to create a semblance of cultural life in a strange new world.read more
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The search for modern China
TL;DR: The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.
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Sauver les plus irremplaçables ? Une histoire du refuge canadien par les associations pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
TL;DR: The authors traces the mobilization of Canadian associations helping refugees during the Second World War and provides an intermediate perspective on Canadian assistance and reception throughout the conflict, between the history of migration policy and the study of population movements.
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What is Asian German Studies
Chunjie Zhang,Doug McGetchin,Stefan Keppler-Tasaki,Thomas Pekar,Caroline Rupprecht,Bettina Brandt,Johanna Schuster-Craig,Joanne Miyang Cho,Qinna Shen,Veronika Fuechtner +9 more
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"An Uncertain Life in Another World": German and Austrian Jewish Refugee Life in Shanghai, 1938-1950
TL;DR: Hyman as mentioned in this paper argued that the manner in which the refugees experiences the approximately twelve years (1938-1950) they spent in Shanghai was informed by their nationality, gender, and age.
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Stopped in flight: Shanghai and the Polish Jewish refugees of 1941
TL;DR: The arrival of about 1000 Polish Jews in Shanghai in 1941 has remained one of the footnotes of the Holocaust, even though most survived the War, unexpectedly trapped in the city as discussed by the authors.
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Policing Modern Shanghai
TL;DR: This paper found that along the banks of the Hu, Chinese and foreign residents mix together in great numbers and there is mutual competition for profit, owing to the convenience of communications and the crass materialism.
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Shanghai and the Experience of War: The Fate of Refugees
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that war caused tremendous suffering among the civilian population, especially children, despite the fairly successful organisation of support by the authorities and private organisations. And they examine who the refugees were, those who found refuge in camps and why they did not reflect the normal structure of the local population.
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Martin Buber and Taoism
TL;DR: In this article, the travail de Martin Buber sur les textes chinois is described, i.e., l'A.L. etudie le travails de Martin Buyber on les texts chinois, and a traduit des histoires chinoises en allemande.