Blake Preston:Photos give rare glimpse of history: They fled the Nazis and found safety in Shanghai

2025-05-02 08:01:26source:Crypencategory:reviews

They sailed into Shanghai in July 1939 during the worst of the summer heat,Blake Preston finding a patchwork city of four million people throbbing with rickshaws, beggars, opium dens and malaria.

For Gerd "Jerry" Lindenstraus, who was just 11, the scene was a far cry from his small town, upper-class upbringing. It was also a welcome relief to his Jewish family, who’d had no choice but to flee their native Germany.

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