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Caught Shanghai Ghetto this weekend. It is a documentary of Jews who fled pre-war Europe for Shanghai, remaining there until well after WWII, when the all relocated elsewhere. For me, this was a fascinating film, because of its subject matter, about which I was completely unaware.
The film carters on interviews of a few who were young back then, cut with some still and WWII archrival film footage. There are also some interviews with a couple of historians, which helps to put the first person descriptions into perspective.
For me, by the time the film finishes I felt that there was a bit too much ‘the holocaust was bad’ and not quite enough on the displaced Jew’s life, interacting with the Chinese (and Japanese).
Still, this is a minor quibble, for a film that gave me insights that I had not had. Recommended for fans of documentaries or history.
¡Time is not my master!
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