Julieann
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Lisa See:
Have you seen the documentary "Above the Drowning Sea" about the Jews who fled Vienna in 1939 for Shanghai? It's the story, told both through the eyes of some of the survivors and with film clips from those days. The Chinese Counsel issued 30,000+ exit visas so that Jews could leave Vienna. Never mind that they didn't have any place to go, this was the only way they could escape. It's a wonderful film. Julie Martin
Lisa See
I haven't seen this documentary, but I know quite a bit about this period. Shanghai was one of the only ports -- if not the only port -- in the world to offer refuge for those escaping from Nazi Germany.
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