Exodus to Shanghai: Stories of Escape from the Third Reich [Hardcover]

Of the 400,000 German-speaking Jews that escaped the Third Reich, about 16,000 ended up in Shanghai, China. This groundbreaking volume gathers 20 years of interviews with over 100 former Shanghai refugees. It offers a moving collective portrait of courage, culture shock, persistence, and enduring hope in the face of unimaginable hardships.In the Third Reich Leaving Home Culture Shock and Community Creation in Shanghai In the Designated Area The End of the War After the War 'Auf Wiedersehen, Shanghai! But where do we go?' Another New Life My Life as a Refugee

I have been waiting for this book for decades. The heroic escape to Shanghai during the Holocaust is the least known chapter of the Holocaust experience. Steve Hochstadt, the author of Exodus to Shanghai, does not merely cite statistic but provides a face to this remarkable experience. The author is to be commended for including a superb bibliography of primary and secondary sources, films, maps, charts, and photos. If there is one book to read about the Jewish experience in Shanghai, this is the one. - The Jewish Book Council

A clear and engaging treatment of a little-known topic. - Asian Review of Books

Deftly weaving in the personal and political, Steve Hochstadt tells an absorbing story of some 16,000 Central European Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis. The singular value of Exodus to Shanghai is that it relies on the personal testimonies of one hundred refugees Hochstadt managed to locate. What he does best is thoroughly set the stage from the panicky departure of men, women and children from Nazi Europe to life in Shanghai and eventual dispersion to the few countries that would have them. - History News Network

Shanghai was one of the major safe havens for Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. In China Jews built a vibrant community, a testament to their indomitable determination not just to survive, but to live full and complete lives. Steve Hochstl³°