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Bert Reiner: Shanghai Survivor & Cabbage Patch Doll Engineer

Season 1 Episode 1 | 3m 16s

Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon a comfortable life in Germany for the unknown world of Shanghai, China. Bert saw poverty and deprivation, but also made friends, learned Chinese, and played games. Coming to America after WWII’s end, when Shanghai emptied of its Jewish refugees, Bert became the pivotal design engineer behind the mass production of the Cabbage Patch Doll.

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.
Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of 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.
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