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i swear to god no matter how well i think i know the story of world war II there's still always historical surprises out there.
(and while i'm here i'll mention the oldest living #holocaust survivor died last week)
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-and-austrian-jewish-refugees-in-shanghai
@cryptadamist Thanks for sharing this!
Also FYI I believe the oldest Holocuast survivor passed away, not the last.
@cryptadamist Creator of Blissymbolics, a graphical "universal language" Charles Bliss, found refuge there:
"Bliss arranged for Claire to escape Germany via his family in Cernăuți, Romania.... Needing to leave there, Claire moved on to Greece and safety, until October 1940 when Italy invaded Greece. The couple were reunited on Christmas Eve 1940, after Claire continued east to Shanghai and Charles went west to Shanghai via Canada and Japan."
@cryptadamist Even crazier is tue story of #JohnRabe (which isn't taught about in #Germany!) Who as #Ambassador for #NaziGermany basically pissed off #Japan by intervening in #Nanking and saving several Chinese lives.
- Lets just say he's a kinda weird exception of the norm...
@kkarhan that story i was actually well aware of