Why did a schoolboy of 14 need 3 pieces of identity simply to exist in Wartime Shanghai?
In 1941 my father was thirteen years old and had a British passport. By August 1942 he also needed papers from the Swiss Consulate and the Vichy-administered French Concession. Three documents for one boy — and a small glimpse into how quickly the old order in wartime Shanghai was falling apart.
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