The Port of Last Resort follows the emigration of four former refugees-Fred Fields, Ernest Heppner, illo Heppner, and Siegmar Simon-who fled to Shanghai, a ′last resort′ for most refugees when borders around the world were closed to desperate Jews of Europe. Their plight is portrayed through personal and published writings by refugees, relief reports, and secret documents, illustrated with rare home movies, photographs, newsreels, and propaganda films. This remarkable archival material reveals a lost world-when Shanghai was the Far East′s most illustrious city.