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9781403965752

To Wear the Dust of War From Bialystok to Shanghai to the Promised Land, an Oral History

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    9781403965752

  • ISBN10:

    1403965757

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-08-21
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

On the eve of World War I, ten-year-old Samuel Iwry and his family joined other Jewish refugees in fleeing Poland for Russia. At age twenty-nine, Iwry was forced to flee again--this time from the Soviets--and ended up in Shanghai, joining 20,000 Jewish refugees already 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's story unfolds in his own compelling words, conveying the harrowing details of flight and survival into vivid detail. Leslie Kelly suceeds in placing Iwry's experiences into much wider historical 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 representative of the Jewish experience but also completely unique.

Author Biography

Samuel Iwry is Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. L.J.H. Kelley is a writer and editor who studied with Professor Iwry.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword vi
Foreword: Samuel Iwry, My Father viii
by J. Mark Iwry
Foreword: Samuel Iwry, Scholar xv
by Kyle McCarter
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
Chronology xxiii
ONE Three Worlds, Three Lives 1(20)
TWO Into the Dark Tunnel 21(22)
THREE The Japanese Diplomat in Lithuania 43(24)
FOUR Across Russia to Japan 67(22)
FIVE Shanghai Ghetto 89(28)
SIX 20,000 Refugees, Two Visas 117(22)
SEVEN Coming to America 139(18)
EIGHT The Master and the Scrolls 157(18)
NINE Teacher, Scholar, Grandfather 175(22)
EPILOGUE Nina Rochman Iwry by J. Mark Iwry 197(6)
Suggestions for Additional Reading 203(2)
Notes 205(8)
Index 213

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