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An Accidental Haven - Shanghai Timeline

Season 1 Episode 1 | 5m 33s

Documentary Advisors Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of Shanghai and its relationship with Jewish emigrés through many centuries, making it a unique safe harbor — and one of the only places in the world for Jews escaping Nazi persecution during WWII. The preserved Jewish ghetto is also discussed in the context of modern China.

Extras
Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma.
Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary.
Reflections on creating the textured musical score for “Harbor from the Holocaust."
"Méiguì méiguì wǒ ài nǐ" is a song in Mandarin composed by Chen Gexin.
Explore how his boyhood in Shanghai inspired now-hollywood producer Mike Medavoy.
Heather Klein created a one-woman operatic program to honor her grandmother Rosa Ginsberg.
Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon life in Germany for Shanghai.
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Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.