5/ In Shanghai, they were herded into a ghetto. Yes,...

5/ In Shanghai, they were herded into a ghetto. Yes, there was a Jewish ghetto *in Shanghai* (read here). The Germans tried to get the Jews deported, but the Japanese wouldn't. She still speaks with great admiration for the Japanese. ↵
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Ghetto

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Shriram Krishnamurthi

6/ Eventually she made her way to the Bronx, and now lives in Providence. She's strong of body and mind. The "1000 Year" Reich lasted ~13 years; that 7yo escapee has now lived ~13 times as long. The best possible response to pure evil. •

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Kat O’Brien

@shriramk wow, incredible story and incredible person.

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The ol' tealeg 🐡

@shriramk remarkable the number and complexity of the stories that I hear. What I’ve heard here in Germany reminds me that the banality of evil (as Hannah Arendt termed it) doesn’t detract from the depth of the evils, but the exceptionality of the good is only an amplifier for it.

The quality of mercy is not strained,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

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