Record Number |
778671 |
ISBN |
9781925384338 (paperback) |
Author |
Nash, Peter author. |
Title |
Escape from Berlin : a refugee flees anti-Semitism and the holocaust of WW II to Shanghai and then Australia / Peter Nash ; foreword by Peter Fitzsimons. |
Publisher/Date |
Edgecliff, NSW : Impact Press, an imprint of Ventura Press, 2017. |
©2017 |
Pagination etc. |
x, 144 pages : facsimiles, genealogical tables, illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary Note |
"A Holocaust survivor tells his compelling family story of escape from Germany and WWII, and their survival in China, the Pacific War and later Australia. Living in Berlin in 1939, three-year-old Peter Nachemstein and his parents, along with his mother's parents and brother, were forced to escape Nazi Germany by fleeing to Shanghai, one of the only havens left for them and 18,000 other European Jews. Although safe, they became displaced and isolated from the rest of their family, who were scattered across Europe. In Escape from Berlin, Peter Nash retraces what became of his family members following the devastating impact of WWII. Using remarkable photographs and documents to bring their captivating stories to life, Peter recounts his own experiences of dislocation as a young boy in alien Shanghai, and then later as a teenager and adult in Australia. Meticulously researched and impeccably detailed, Escape from Berlin brings light to a fascinating but not widely known chapter of Holocaust history in a family story that reflects the experiences of many in the Jewish community."-- |
Subject - Name |
Nash, Peter -- Family |
Nash, Peter |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography |
Holocaust survivors -- Australia -- Biography |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives |
Jewish refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography |
-- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography. |
Jewish Australians -- Biography |
Autobiographies. |
Added Author |
FitzSimons, Peter author of introduction, etc. |
Shelf Location |
940.5318 NASH |