When we arrived in Shanghai there was really nothing. They had what they call a Heim – a home. You didn’t get hardly anything to eat. I had to immediately start to make some money. I talked to someone and he said that there is a Russian bakery which has shops all over Shanghai always looking for salesgirls. … ‘You can start tomorrow.’
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