Growing Up Jewish in China by Beil, Dolly -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments 1 From Russia with Love

The City of Tsingtao China’s Rich and Colourful History The Second Generation The Beautiful Bride The Grand Hotel The Bankruptcy The Illustrious Guterman Family Leonid Visits His Wife Alexander Solomonovich Guterman Bassia’s Broken Heart A Proposal of Marriage

2 Growing Up in Mukden

The Home of the Manchus Leonid and Baby Dolly Eating Like a Lady Like a Marble Work of Art The Night Encounter The Japanese Temple Garden Our Noble Rex Mr. Wang The Japanese Market The Sapphire Ring Café Royale The Famous Mr. Kolitz Those Green and Purple Shadows The Japanese Night Watchman Picnics in Bei-Lin Reverend and Mrs. Overs Doing the Lambeth Walk A Posh Birthday Party Dear Old Santa Claus The Grey-Eyed King The Shattered Diamond Watch Chinese New Year An Important Auction

3 Russian Harbin

On the Banks of the Sungari River The Magnificent Hotel Moderne Attending a Russian School A Murder in Harbin The Precious Dragonfly Fun on the Icy Sungari The Kidnappers

4 Tientsin

A New City The Savoy Hotel The Russian Boarding School The Posh Café Victoria Exploring the Ruins The Lovely Townhouse The Tientsin Jewish School Red Dog Night Mme Voitenco’s School of Classical Ballet Our Social Club Kunst Prestigious Gordon Hall Brith Trumpeldor (Betar)

5 A Japanese Interlude

Heading to Japan The Voyage The Shores of Japan The Head of the Conglomerate A Fascinating Land Our Little Pet Crab The Japanese Festival Obon A Japanese Hospital The Giant Geta The Sea of Japan The Japanese Tycoon’s Proposal A Sad Refrain

6 In the Shadow of War

The Capture of Nanking Our German Shepherd, Myah Karl Wolff My Amah, Liang Tai -Tai A Trip to Peking The Last Empress Dowager Tsu-Hsi The Holiday of Lag B’omer The Baby Hedgehog My Solo Performance The Holiday of Passover A Roller-Skating Adventure The Picnic on the Lake The Dance Parties

7 Summers in Paradise

Escaping Tientsin in the Summer Magnificent Peitaiho The Lotus Hill Cafe The Buddhist Temples A Flood Extends Our Stay The Unique Peitaiho Hotel The Marvels of That Wondrous Sea The Air of September

8 Otherwise Occupied

Returning to Tientsin A Walk in the Snow The Jews of Kaifeng The Invasion of Pearl Harbor The New Year’s Celebration at Our Club The Fugu Plan Life in Occupied Tientsin The Japanese Concession

9 The Beginnings of Romance

Leaving My Parents Behind The Delightful Breakfast His Mother’s Wish Comes True The Party Those Lovely Shoes The Vigils A Trip to the Post Office The Scarlet Snake Where the River Meets the Sea

10 The War Years in Tientsin

Sweet Fifteen My Beautiful Dance Partner St. Anna The Smugglers The Destitute Family The Hazardous Trip A Terrible Tragedy The Atomic Bomb The American Liberators Working for the 1st Marine Division Bolero Jewish-American Marines and Army Boys A Marine Named Ed The Secret of the Cellar

11 Married Life

The Decision to Get Married Ordering My Wedding Gown My Wedding Day The Trip to the Synagogue The Velvet Breeze of That Evening Now I Was Mrs. Dolly Anna Beil “You Can Always Become Pregnant” Mme Promptova’s Office

12 A Mother’s Joy

U.S. Forces Leave China Civil War Happy to Be Pregnant The Pleasure of Reading Guest Night at the Club The Palatial Room The Terrible Storm The Hazardous Trip to the Hospital The Last Hours of Agony A Baby Boy My Rolly-Polly Amah Nurse Standing on My Own Two Feet A Ray of Hope Homecoming The 8th Army Aaron Wishes for a Son I Wish for My Old Amah, Liang Tai-Tai

13 A Mother’s Sorrow

The Takeover of Tientsin The Miracle of Streptomycin The Foreboding Dream The Ominous Head Nurse A Grief Too Deep Having Tea With the Pastor

14 Leaving China

Living in Communist China The Death of My Beloved Grandmother The Jade and Pearl Earrings The Wedding Chest Farewell to the Land That Nurtured Me Subtropical Heat The Streets of Hong Kong Facing Great Obstacles The Martin Bakke Entering Canadian Waters A Night of Horror An Angel Called Rose Stepping onto Canadian Soil