RAS Shanghai – Betty Grebenschikoff on her Journey from Nazi Germany to Shanghai – 5/11

Posted: November 3rd, 2013 | No Comments »

Betty Grebenschikoff on her book

Once My Name Was Sara

Tuesday 5 November 2013,  7 pm

RAS Library at the Sino-British College

1195 Fuxing Zhong Lu

Betty Grebenschikoff has reached into her past to write a moving memoir of her experiences as a Holocaust refugee in Shanghai.

 

“Once My Name Was Sara” details her family’s flight from Nazi Germany. With wit and humor she describes her early childhood in Berlin and later growing up in Shanghai, the city that became her home. As stateless Jewish refugees, she and her family were interned in the Hongkew ghetto by Japanese authorities during World War II. Illustrating an invincible spirit in the face of overwhelming odds, Grebenschikoff’s memoir is a story of hope and survival.

 

After leaving Shanghai in 1950, Grebenschikoff lived in Australia before coming to America in 1953. She now makes her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Ventnor, New Jersey.

 

Currently visiting Shanghai, she will speak to RAS members and friends about her memoir, and her years in the city that inspired it.

RSVP: to RAS Bookings at: bookings@royalasiaticsociety.org.cn

  

ENTRANCE: 30 rmb (RAS members) and 80 rmb (guests). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink. Priority for RAS members. Those unable to make the donation but wishing to attend may contact us for exemption.

 

MEMBERSHIP applications and membership renewals will be available at this event.

 

RAS MONOGRAPHS – Series 1 & 2 will be available for sale at this event. 100 rmb each (cash sale only)

 

WEBSITE: www.royalasiaticsociety.org.cn

 

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