Marilyn Cohen Shapiro (as told by Harry Oshinsky)
By Marilyn Cohen Shapiro (as told by Harry Oshinsky)
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Yiddish World From our archives: A Jewish teen from Bialystok lands in a Chinese prison
Harry and his two friends were fed foul rice and could hear the Chinese prisoners who shared their cell being beaten with a rope.
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Yiddish World From our archives: Two Jewish teens escaping Bialystok arrive in Harbin, China
Despite Czarist Russia’s attempt to spread antisemitism to Harbin, China prohibited anti-Jewish persecutions in the areas it controlled.
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Yiddish World From Bialystok to Brooklyn: A Jewish immigrant’s trek across three continents
This story is based on an article by the immigrant himself, Choni (Harry) Oshinsky, that appeared in the Forverts in the 1970s.
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