Document Type
Oral History
Publication Date
4-20-1994
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, "Krasno, Rena oral history interview" (1994). Shanghai Jewish Oral History Collection. 40.
https://scarab.bates.edu/shanghai_oh/40
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Scope and Content Note
Rena Krasno was born in Shanghai in 1923. Her parents were both Russian Jews who married in Shanghai. Krasno attended the French Municipal College. Her father edited the trilingual newspaper Nasha Zhizn, while her mother opened the Peter Pan children’s shop. After leaving Shanghai, she has lived in Israel, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Germany, and the United States. She is a professional interpreter, and has worked for UNESCO and the International Labor Organization.
Krasno has written a book about her wartime experiences in Shanghai, Strangers Always: a Jewish Family in Wartime Shanghai, as well as Kneeling Carabao and Dancing Giants: Celebrating Filipino Festivals. She is Director of Public Affairs for the Sino-Judaic Institute.