Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
5-6-1995
Abstract
Copyright Steve Hochstadt. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Steve Hochstadt, c/o The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
Recommended Citation
Hochstadt, Steve, "Stiassnie, Suse oral history interview" (1995). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 15.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/15
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Scope and Content Note
Suse Stiassnie was born in Vienna around 1932. Her father, Max Stier, a businessman, was arrested in 1938 and then fled to Czechoslovakia. The rest of the family followed in 1939, then traveled to Marseille, and eventually to Shanghai. Stiassnie attended the Shanghai Jewish School and after 1943 the Kadoorie School. Her father owned the Black Cat Coffee House. In 1949, the family returned to Vienna.