The new documentary "Shanghai Ghetto" started out as stories told by a father around a dinner table. Harold Janklowicz's daughter, Dana, listened to his memories of the little-known colony of Jews who ...

As thousands of German Jews sought refuge both before and during World War II, many ended up in Japanese-controlled Shanghai. The story of these roughly 23,000 refugees is chronicled in the 2002 ...

Just when a cynic might think there are no more Holocaust stories to be told, yet another undiscovered perspective pops up on local screens. But even if you’ve seen The Pianist and The Fighter and ...

In the spirit of "The Pianist," the documentary "Shanghai Ghetto" tells the fascinating story of a group of Jewish survivors who narrowly escaped the full horror of the Holocaust but are still very ...

Just when it seems that all the World War II and Holocaust stories have been told, a little-known tale from a far corner of the world comes along to add another dimension to the saga of the Shoah. The ...

Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave., will show the documentary film “Shanghai Ghetto” at 2 p.m. Sunday as part of the Tulsa Council for Holocaust Education’s 20th Annual Yom HaShoah/Interfaith Holocaust ...

In the late ’30s, when most of their ways of escape were being closed off, some 20,000 European Jews fled the increasing threat of Nazi persecution by immigrating to Shanghai, China. This may seem ...

One of the lesser known stories of World War II that only recently has gained wider recognition is how Shanghai became a haven for Jews fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s. As the ...

When the world of German Jews fell apart in the late 1930s, with once-secure citizens desperate to flee Nazi persecution, only one unlikely place would accept them without visas: a ...