Between Freedom and Imprisonment. The Shanghai Ghetto from the Perspective of the Bulgarian Writer Angel Wagenstein

Angel Wagenstein’s novel Farewell, Shanghai is this article’s focal point. The attention focuses on the literary picture of the Shanghai ghetto (Hongkew district) during the Second World War. Wagenstein shows the ghetto as symbol of the end of the Jews’s eternal wandering, where they found autonomy from other nations, and reunification based on sufferings and religion. Before them there stands the long-awaited promised land, where they themselves will govern themselves

From Adolf Israel Weisz to Hans Weisz in Shanghai

Front: An envelope with a typewritten address to Hans Weisz with blue postage stamp, and red censor markings. Back: Typewritten return address with Nazi censor tape and hand stamp. Further information: This envelope contained information on the Nuremburg Laws to be sent from Adolf Israel Weizs in Vienna to Hand Weisz in Shanghai\u27s Jewish Ghetto. Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: German anti-Semitic Nuremberg laws cover sent by Adolf Israel Weizs in Vienna to Hans Weisz in the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, China December 3, 1940 via Moscow. Censored with B-20 and B-54 Japanese censor.https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1015/thumbnail.jp

Shanghai: gueto e diáspora: documentário, ficção e testemunho

This article discusses the cinematographic, artistic and testimonial form of the films Shanghai Ghetto and Exil Shanghai. Although both departure from testimonies made by ex‑ inhabitants of the Shanghai Jewish community, the construction of both present nuances illustrating the limitations to represent testimonies in contemporary times.Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a forma cinematográfica, artística e testemunhal dos filmes Shanghai Ghetto e Exil Shanghai. Apesar de ambos partirem dos testemunhos de ex‑ habitantes da comunidade judaica de Shanghai, a construção desses filmes/ documentários apresenta diversas nuances e trata diretamente com a questão artística e memorialística da representação limitada do testemunho na contemporaneidade

Postcard from Father in Shanghai to Son in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Postcard with red printed text in French and Chinese at top alongside two red stamps. American address handwritten in blue ink. Message handwritten on opposite side in blue ink. Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: One of the few places in the world where Jews could seek refuge from the Nazi onslaught was Shanghai, China. Shanghai was an open port, and no visas or passports were required. Mr. Ehrenberg was one of almost 20,000 Jews who lived in the Shanghai ghetto. A mass exodus occurred after Kristallnacht in 1938: more than 12,000 Jwish refugees fled Germany and Austria.https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/2695/thumbnail.jp

Boston University Chamber Orchestra, September 29, 2014

This is the concert program of the Boston University Chamber Orchestra performance on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, op. 52 by Robert Schumann, Ningaloo by Richard Cornell, and Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Urbanization, Inequality, and Poverty in the People’s Republic of China

Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People’s Republic of China, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban–rural inequality, and poverty, and provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions can be drawn from. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents and poverty of migrating peasants, and, consequently, has a positive effect on narrowing the rural–urban income or consumption gap. Urban labor markets play an important role in this effect. Second, urbanization is positively correlated with urban poverty. This can be explained by the competition between migrating peasants and urban workers in the labor market, and the failure of the government’s anti-poverty policies in urban areas. Third, the existence of an informal sector has a negative effect on the poverty of urban citizens. Being employed by the informal sector significantly increases the probability of falling into poverty for urban citizens. Fourth, the minimum wage has a positive effect on reducing urban poverty, while the effect of other policies, such as Di Bao and the minimum living standard, is limited

Postcard from Hermann Schaffraiuski in Shanghai Ghetto to Atuleh, Palestine

Front: \u27Cart Postale - Chine.\u27 Includes several censorship markings, mailing and return addresses, and hand stamps, as well as an orange postal stamp in the upper-right corner. Back: A letter written in ink, which fills the entirety of the page. Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Cover with additional postage that has fallen off from the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, China to Atuleh, Palestine. With censorship markings. Postmarked 1941. Sender is Hermann Schaffraiuski. Before and during WWII many Jews fleeing Nazi persecution took refuge in Shanghai, forming a ghetto.https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1034/thumbnail.jp