Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Explore the extraordinary relationship of these Jews and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the bitter years of Japanese occupation 1937-1945 and the Chinese civil war that followed.
Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Explore the extraordinary relationship of these Jews and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the bitter years of Japanese occupation 1937-1945 and the Chinese civil war that followed.
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Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
Harbor from the Holocaust
!["Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"]()
"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma.
"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
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Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary.
Professor Emeritus Irene Eber
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Harbor from the Holocaust
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