Böcker av Sam Moshinsky

In his first memoir, Goodbye Shanghai, Sam Moshinsky shared his memories of growing up in the exotic city of Shanghai during a period of war and political turmoil. In 1951, at the age of seventeen, Sam migrated to Melbourne as the vanguard of his family. In Hello Australia, Sam reveals his early struggles to adapt to Australian life, his eventual path to professional success, and his lifelong commitment to supporting communal organisations.

During his seventeen years in Shanghai, Sam experienced wars, changing regimes, different currencies and a variety of schools that reflected the evolving political landscape. In a world obsessed with conflicting nationalism, his family survived as stateless residents, neither beholden to, nor the responsibility of, any country. They were instead, sustained by their Russian Jewish culture and community.Through Sam's memories of early life and his love of history, we learn of Shanghai's uniqueness as a home and haven to thousands of Jews over many centuries.