Shanghai was the only option. That was what my parents discovered when they fled Hitler’s Germany. By the time they left, in separate journeys, they wound up in that international city in China, the last place in the world that would take in Jewish refugees. It felt a little like sailing to the end of the earth, my father often said. But they also had schools, cultural institutions and a thriving social life, complete with Viennese cafes.

Source: International New York Times April 25, 2019 18:11 UTC