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The Great Shanghai Escape Part VII
Episode 405
The Soviets charged the refugees exorbitant fees for the exit visas and travel expenses. The Joint and the Vaad Hatzalah provided funds for these cos…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part VI
Episode 404
Once one was in possession of a destination visa, came the most challenging phase of the escape – applying for a Soviet exit visa. Applying for an ex…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part V
Episode 403
As thousands of Jewish refugees scrambled for Curacao ‘visas’ and Japanese transit visas, many others were skeptic regarding the visa scheme, while o…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part IV
Episode 402
The summer of 1940 brought a measure of desperation in the search for visas in order to escape the clutches of the Soviet Union. Two Dutch citizens s…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part III
Episode 401
With the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in the summer of 1940, the search for visas to destination countries turned into a desperate endeavor for tho…
2 years, 4 months ago
Bonus Episode: With Dovi Safier & Seforim Chatter host Nachi Weinstein
Episode 400
In this special bonus episode of Jewish History Soundbites, Dovi Safier and Seforim Chatter host Nachi Weinstein join me in discussing our article in…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part II
Episode 399
As thousands of refugees streamed into Vilna in the fall of 1939, a humanitarian crisis ensued, with neither local authorities nor the local Jewish c…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Great Shanghai Escape Part I
Episode 398
In this new series launched by Jewish History Soundbites, we’ll explore the story of the escape to Shanghai from war torn Europe during the early sta…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rebbe Under Communism: The Ribnitzer Rebbe
Episode 397
Jewish History Soundbites podcast is back after a long hiatus. Lots of great content, explorations of Jewish history and ongoing series will be poste…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Jews of Sighet Part II
Episode 396
The Jewish history of Sighet is almost synonymous with its long line of rabbis from the Teitelbaum family. This rabbinic and chassidic dynasty domina…
2 years, 7 months ago