Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Meylekh Ravitch. “A Rickshaw Coolie Dies on a Shanghai Dawn” (1935) 29
5. Annie F. Witting. Letter (1939) 33
6. Alfred Friedlaender. “Prologue” (1939) 38
7. Egon Varro. “Well, That Too Is Shanghai” (1939) 42
8. W. Y. Tonn. “Peculiar Shanghai” (1940) 45
9. Annie F. Witting. Letter (1940) 49
10. Lotte Margot. “The Chinese Woman Dances” (1940) 56
11. E. Simkhoni. “Three Countries Spat Me Out” (1941) 59
12. Kurt Lewin. “More Light” (1941) 62
13. Yehoshua Rapoport. “And So It Begins . . .” (1941) 65
14. Yosl Mlotek. “The Lament of My Mother” (1941) 70
15. E. Simkhoni. “My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me” (1942) 73
16. Mordechai Rotenberg. “Sun in a Net” (1942) 75
17. Yosl Mlotek. “Shanghai” (1942) 78
18. Karl Heinz Wolff. “The Diligent Mason” (1942) 82
19. Hermann Goldfarb. “Wandering” (1942) 85
20. Jacob H. Fishman. “Miniatures” (1942) 87
21. Yosl Mlotek. “A Letter . . .” (1943) 89
22. Yehoshua Rapoport. Diary (excerpts, 1941–1943) 91
23. Anonymous. “Pins, Not for Me” (1944) 96
24. Yoni Fayn. “A Poem About Shanghai Ghetto” (1945) 98
25. Herbert Zernik. “A Monkey Turned Human” (1945) 104
26. Shoshana Kahan. In Fire and Flames: Diary of a Jewish Actress (excerpts, 1941–1945) 107
27. Kurt Lewin. “The Weekly Salad” (1946) 119
28. Jacob H. Fishman. “A Wedding” (1947) 121
29. Acknowledgments 131
30. Notes 133
31. Index of Names 141