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The film presents the little-known story of the 20,000 European Jews who fled to Shanghai between late 1937 and 1941. After 1939, Shanghai was the last and only resort to find safe haven from the Nazis, though not that safe either, as the film shows. This was due to Shanghai's status as a free port not requiring entry papers, and the relative tolerance of the Japanese occupiers, who, far from being saviors, resisted their Grand Ally's (Germany) demand to exterminate the Jews, and even prevented the actions of the Nazi "Butcher of Warsaw" who was assigned to liquidate the Shanghai Jews. After the Communist...

Director : Joan Grossman, Paul Rosdy

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 79

Language : German

Above The Drowning Sea

This documentary tells the true story of Jews from Vienna who found refuge from the Nazis in Shanghai. Due to the heroic efforts of Ho Feng Shan, the Chinese diplomat based in Vienna, thousands of Jews were granted visas to China thus saving them from the claws of the Nazis. The film depicts the struggles and harsh policies the Jews were enduring in Europe, their endless pleas to find refuge, arriving in a new and strange country and the everlasting bond and total gratitude tens of thousands of Jews owe to China and its people. The film uses the Jewish refugee crisis of the 1930's and 40's to address the growing...

Director : Rene Balcer, Nicola Zavaglia

Production Year : 2017

Duration : 88

Language : English