Jewish WWII refugees who found safety in Shanghai are the focus of a new exhibit nbcnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Co-produced by Chinese and US musicians, a 90-minute oratorio about Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany and heading to Shanghai in East China is set to debut in November, the show s main composers announced recently at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.
Holocaust survivors and their descendants, academics, historians and members of the museum community gathered at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum on May 17 to discuss how they could better share this instance in history with young people around the world.
Ahead of International Museum Day, the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is holding an international meeting on Wednesday to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors in Shanghai and how unique bonds have brought the offspring of the group around the world together.
BEVERLY HILLS Some day, I don’t know how soon, Shanghai Sonatas will be playing in major theaters to enthusiastic audiences around the country. For now, let the record note, the world premiere production (in concert) took place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, in collabo.