Bert Reiner: Shanghai Survivor & Cabbage Patch Doll Engineer
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Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon life in Germany for Shanghai.
Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon a comfortable life in Germany for the unknown world of Shanghai, China. Bert saw poverty and deprivation, but also made friends, learned Chinese, and played games. Coming to America after WWII’s end, when Shanghai emptied of its Jewish refugees, Bert became the pivotal design engineer behind the mass production of the Cabbage Patch Doll.
Bert Reiner: Shanghai Survivor & Cabbage Patch Doll Engineer
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon a comfortable life in Germany for the unknown world of Shanghai, China. Bert saw poverty and deprivation, but also made friends, learned Chinese, and played games. Coming to America after WWII’s end, when Shanghai emptied of its Jewish refugees, Bert became the pivotal design engineer behind the mass production of the Cabbage Patch Doll.
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Harbor from the Holocaust
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Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai. (30s)
An Accidental Haven - Shanghai Timeline
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Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of Shanghai. (5m 33s)
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Reflections on creating the textured musical score for “Harbor from the Holocaust." (4m 28s)
Mike Medavoy: Shanghailander & Hollywood Producer
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Explore how his boyhood in Shanghai inspired now-hollywood producer Mike Medavoy. (2m 58s)
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Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary. (18m 36s)
"Méiguì méiguì wǒ ài nǐ" is a song in Mandarin composed by Chen Gexin. (2m 22s)
Songs For Her Shanghailander Grandmother
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Heather Klein created a one-woman operatic program to honor her grandmother Rosa Ginsberg. (2m 39s)
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