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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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  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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