Port of Last Resort : The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Marcia Reynders Ristaino wiesel Rachel and the Meyers' lives

Rachel and the Meyers' lives begin to intertwine

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Port of Last Resort : The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Marcia Reynders Ristaino wiesel Rachel and the Meyers' livesThis book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities one Jewish, the other Slavic who found refuge in Shanghai between 1900 and 1950. Victims of discrimination and persecution in their own lands, they made Shanghai their destination because no documentation was required to enter the city and settle there. In their struggle to survive and build a life in this Chinese open port, they encountered severe political, social, economic,