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A place to save your life / Monteith Inn Productions ; produced, written, and directed by Karen Shopsowitz.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: VHS-0537

Overview

Summary: Documentary about the European Jewish refugee community in Shanghai during World War II. Survivors talk about living in Shanghai's ghetto under Japanese rule.
Variant Title: Shanghai Jews
Format: Video
Published: New York : Filmakers Library, 1992
Locale: China
Shanghai
Shanghai (China)
Edition: Long version
Other Authors/Editors: Shopsowitz, Karen.
Monteith Inn Productions.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Notes: Camera, Antonin Lholsky ; music, Victor Bateman, Danny Greenspoon.

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VHS.

Physical Details

Language: English
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Jews. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. Shanghai (China) China--History--1937-1945. Documentary films. Video recordings. Personal narratives.

Record last modified:: 2024-06-21 15:31:00
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