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Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai.
Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Explore the extraordinary relationship of these Jews and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the bitter years of Japanese occupation 1937-1945 and the Chinese civil war that followed.
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Preview: Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Harbor from the Holocaust is the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, to the Chinese port city of Shanghai. Explore the extraordinary relationship of these Jews and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the bitter years of Japanese occupation 1937-1945 and the Chinese civil war that followed.
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An Accidental Haven - Shanghai Timeline
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Clip: Ep1 | 5m 33s | Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of Shanghai. (5m 33s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 4m 28s | Reflections on creating the textured musical score for “Harbor from the Holocaust." (4m 28s)
Bert Reiner: Shanghai Survivor & Cabbage Patch Doll Engineer
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Clip: Ep1 | 3m 16s | Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon life in Germany for Shanghai. (3m 16s)
Mike Medavoy: Shanghailander & Hollywood Producer
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 58s | Explore how his boyhood in Shanghai inspired now-hollywood producer Mike Medavoy. (2m 58s)
"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
Clip: Ep1 | 5m 20s | Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma. (5m 20s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 18m 36s | Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary. (18m 36s)
Clip: Ep1 | 2m 22s | "Méiguì méiguì wǒ ài nǐ" is a song in Mandarin composed by Chen Gexin. (2m 22s)
Songs For Her Shanghailander Grandmother
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 39s | Heather Klein created a one-woman operatic program to honor her grandmother Rosa Ginsberg. (2m 39s)
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