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Ingelore Rothschild was twelve years old when she was whisked out of her home in 1936. It was her first step on a cross-continent journey to Japan, where she and her parents sought refuge from rising anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. A decade later, as she sails away from what has become her home in Kobe, Japan, Ingelore records her memories of life in Berlin, the long train journey through Russia, and her time in Japan during World War II.Each leg of the journey presents its own nightmare: passports are stolen, identities are uncovered, a mudslide tears through the Rothschild’s home, and the atomic bombs are dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Ingelore’s bright, observant nature and remarkable capacity for befriending those along her way fills her narrative with unique details about the people she meets and the places she travels to. The story of Ingelore and her prominent German Jewish family’s escape is an invaluable account that contributes to Holocaust witness and memoir literature. Although she was forever marked by her traumatic past, Ingelore’s survival story is a painful reminder that only European Jews with significant financial means were able to carefully orchestrate an escape from Nazi Germany.

Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- transiberian railway --- young girl --- holocaust --- Japan --- Nazi Germany --- jewish --- Rothschild, Ingelore, --- Childhood and youth. --- Travel. --- Velikai︠a︡ Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ. --- History --- Stahl, Ingelore Erna Rothschild, --- Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga --- Trans-Siberian Railway --- Grand chemin de fer trans-sibérien --- Chemin de fer trans-sibérien --- Grosse Sibirische Eisenbahn --- Sibirische Eisenbahn --- Great Siberian Railway --- Velikai︠a︡ vostochnai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga --- Usuri Tetsudō --- Transsibiriska järnvägen --- Transsibirskai︠a︡ zheleznodorozhnai︠a︡ magistralʹ --- Velikai︠a︡ transsibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ --- Sibirskai︠a︡ zheli︠e︡znai︠a︡ doroga --- Velikai︠a︡ sibirskai︠a︡ zheli︠e︡znai︠a︡ doroga (Railroad : Soviet Union) --- Velikai︠a︡ sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga (Railroad : Soviet Union) --- Velikai︠a︡ sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznodorozhnai︠a︡ magistralʹ --- Velikiĭ sibirskiĭ putʹ (Railroad : Soviet Union) --- Velikai︠a︡ vostochnai︠a︡ zheli︠e︡znai︠a︡ doroga --- Velikiĭ putʹ (Railroad : Soviet Union) --- Trans Siberian Railroad --- Ussuri Railway --- Transibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ --- Transsib --- Siberia Hoengdan Chʻŏlto --- Великая Сибирская магистраль --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс