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The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire

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Helmi’s Shadow: A Journey of Survival From Russia to East Asia to the American West

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Witness to History-From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience

Jean Hoffmann Lewanda

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The Last Rose of Shanghai

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