弗雷德·马克斯，1924年生于德国一个犹太家庭，1939年跟随父亲从纳粹德国逃至中国上海，在上海生活了十年之后移民美国，后成为一位著名犹太教育者。在上海生活的十年间，他坚持每天用德语写日记，无比翔实地记录了那一段动荡、艰难的岁月。本书由加州中国犹太人学会的公共事务官员Rena Krasno根据弗雷德·马克斯1939—1949十年间的日记撰写而成。

Preface

Chapter 1 Beginnings

Chapter 2 Early Childhood

Chapter 5 Tea Time

Chapter 4 Walking to School

Chapter 5 Pidgin English

Chapter 6 Tailors

Chapter 7 Broadcasting

Chapter 8 Blue Caps

Chapter 9 Money, Bank and a Tycoon

Chapter 10 The Triumph of Jesse Owens

Chapter 11 Expatriate Households--Life in Paradise

Chapter 12 Bloody Saturday

Chapter 13 Christmas 1939

Chapter 14 Abbot Chao-Kung and His Hatred

Chapter 15 The Portuguese Colony and Father Robert Jacquinot de Besange

Chapter 16 Albert Einstein's Visit to Shanghai

Chapter 17 The Shanghai Volunteer Corps and Boy Scouts

Chapter 18 December 8, 1941

Chapter 19 City of Refuge

Chapter 20 Jack Riley

Chapter 21 U.S. Bombing

Chapter 22 Pacific War Unwinding

Chapter 23 Japanese Internment Camps

Chapter 24 U.S. Forces Arrive

Chapter 25 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Chapter 26 Deterioration, Disturbance

Chapter 27 United Nations Information Center

Conclusion Departure and Return

Acknowledgement