Escape from Berlin : a refugee flees anti-semitism and the holocaust of WWII to Shanghai and then Australia / Peter Nash ; foreword by Peter Fitzsimons.
Publication details: Edgecliffe, NSW : Impact Press, an imprint of Ventura Press, 2017.Description: x, 144 pages : facsimiles, genealogical tables, illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925384338
- Nash, Peter
- Nash, Peter -- Family
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Australia -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
- Jewish refugees -- China -- Shanghai -- Biography
- Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography
- Jewish Australians -- Biography
- Australian
- 940.5318092 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 940.531 NAS | Available | 067501 |
Includes bibliographical references.
"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."--Back cover.
