Betty Grebenschikoff: A Shanghai Ghetto Survivor’s Lessons of the Holocaust
On Sunday February 16, 2pm, we’ll visit the former Shanghai Jewish Ghetto, where we’ll hear the incredible stories of 20,000 people who fled Nazi Europe for the safe haven of Shanghai. People like Betty Grebenschikoff. To book: https://jinshuju.net/f/keytg2
Betty Grebenschikoff was one of the most active members of the Shanghai Jewish refugee community until her passing in 2023. Born Ilse Margot Kohn in Berlin in 1929, she and her family fled to Shanghai in 1939, where she lived until 1950.
Betty in Shanghai, circa 1948 (photo: Sam Tata) and in more recent times, wearing the same jacket she bought in 1940s Shanghai
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