Shanghai Ghetto

"In 1939, the last hope for thousands of Jews lay in the last place on Earth the Nazis would look."

Feb 28 2002 N/A 1h 35m
Documentary

SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Left without options or entrance visas, a beacon of hope materialized for them on the other side of the world, and in the unlikeliest of places, Japanese-controlled Shanghai. Fleeing for their lives, these Jewish refugees journeyed to form a settlement in the exotic city, penniless and unprepared for their new life in the Far East. At the turn of the new millennium, filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amire Mann boldly snuck into China with two survivors and a digital camera to shoot at the site of the original Shanghai Ghetto, unchanged since WWII.

Plot

Stripped of possessions and rights, German and Eastern European Jews flee to an unlikely destination to avoid persecution from the Nazis.

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Directed by

Dana Janklowicz-Mann, Amir Mann

Cast

Stephen Chang, Irene Eber, Betty Grebenschikoff

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Awards

2 wins

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224
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
68
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