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The Great Shanghai Escape Part X

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The final part of the Shanghai Escape series, covering the refugees' stay in Shanghai.

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America at the out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to learn heav I say 1 million to his children who were made [Music] to th whoever heard such words it is never too little it is never words it is never too little it is never too late and it is Never Enough Jewish history sound bites bringing alive the world of our glorious past here is our host live from Jerusalem Jewish historian and tour guide G with Jewish history sound bites and this episode is the grand finale part 10 the last installment in our very successful and long series of the Great Shanghai escape and um this episode will explore escape and um this episode will explore the last part of our story which is the years in Shanghai itself which is you know five six years long and the first nine Parts um related The Narrative of the first year or so a year and a half two years maybe so a little bit disproportionate there but I think it's Justified first of all because it's already the 10th part and I think it's time to move on um been been a bit of an attrition rate here among our listeners attrition rate here among our listeners and we need to get everyone back on board um and of course uh having you know in that context Jewish history sound bites is is going to always be continuing better than ever so please tell your friends and family share it with your friends and family uh leave a rating and a review and that's that's the best way to help the podcast and spread the word but what I'm getting at is um the the uh the idea is that that the also the years in Shanghai is the

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  1. 1:04America at the out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to
  2. 5:12refugees who made The Great Escape and during the early years of the war through Lithuania
  3. 9:50in in most of Eastern and Central China um and they they occupied with large numbers
  4. 14:28intensity of the Torah study they felt like they were in this they had been rescued
  5. 19:121920s um he he approached the leaders of the safarik uh Shanghai Jewish Community to build
  6. 23:49more problematic to be able to send funds to enemy territory um and uh it became
  7. 28:28him think about if something is logical think about if it makes sense before you even
  8. 33:05stories about life there one of the things I once asked him I said one of
  9. 37:47to so many of these younger students he would dance and be happy at their weddings
  10. 42:26kurasa visas and Japanese Transit visas and ending up in Shanghai had all of a sudden

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