Oral history interview with Henrietta Reifler, Apr. 16, 1987.

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Reifler, Henrietta,. Oral history interview with Henrietta Reifler, Apr. 16, 1987.

Oral history interview with Henrietta Reifler, Apr. 16, 1987.

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Reifler describes her experiences in Shanghai from 1935-1947. She discusses conditions during the Sino-Japanese War. She explains that because Shanghai was an open port, a number of Jews persecuted by Hitler came from Germany. Facilities were set up to resettle those refugees, and her father, Rabbi Brown, was chairman of the Education Committee and joint honorary secretary of the organization to deal with the refugees. Reifler taught English in a Chinese girl's school and later worked for the editor of the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle, a refugee newspaper. In September, 1939, she married Erwin Reifler and moved to Hong Kong. They returned to Shanghai in June, 1940, after the Japanese army invaded Canton. In March, 1943, she was interned as a British citizen by the Japanese gendarmerie together with American and British nationals. She describes the conditions in the internment camp and in Shanghai. She also briefly discusses her and her husband's life in the United States.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes : analog, mono.Transcript: 61 leaves.

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