Testimony of Ruth (Simon) Zimmermann, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1930, regarding her experiences in Koenigsberg, Hamburg and Shanghai

Testimony of Ruth (Simon) Zimmermann, born in Koenigsberg, Germany, 1930, regarding her experiences in Koenigsberg, Hamburg and Shanghai Traditional family; move to Hamburg to avoid antisemitism, late 1937. Deportation of her father to Sachsenhausen on Kristallnacht; return of her father on Christmas, (December) 1938; emigration to China, February 1939; arrival to Shanghai, 13 March 1939; life in the French quarter with help form a Chinese man; move to the ghetto; previous acquaintance with the commander of the ghetto, and receives permission to study and work; air-raids; arrival of the US Army and US Army occupation. Emigration to the United States, 1947; aliya to Israel, 1951.