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To Wear the Dust of War - From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History (Paperback, First)
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To Wear the Dust of War - From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History (Paperback, First)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History
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Like many European Jews, Sam Iwry began his life in Poland, but at
the age of ten fled with his family to Russia before World War I.
At age 29, Iwry was forced to flee again - this time from the
Soviets - and ended up in Shanghai, China, joining 20,000 Jewish
refugees who were there. The story of the Diaspora caused by the
Holocaust is well-known, but the Far Eastern dimension has come to
light only very recently. Iwry is a magnificent storyteller who not
only brings the harrowing details of flight and survival into vivid
detail, but he is also an historian who deliberately places his own
experiences into much wider context. This oral history sheds light
on Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the inter-war period, the
search for a safe haven from Nazis and Soviets, daily life in the
Shanghai ghetto, and emigration to America. Iwry's story is both
representative of the Jewish experience and also completely unique.
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