Family Stories, Family Secrets
b'Last Boat Out of Shanghai
Guest:\\xa0Helen Zia, activist and author, "Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao\\u2019s Revolution"
After 50 years, Zia finally hears the story of her mother\'s flight from Shanghai as Chairman Mao\\u2019s Communist takeover began.
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A Hidden Hero in the House
Guest: Jonathan R\\xe9e, author, "A Schoolmaster\\u2019s War: Harry R\\xe9e\\u2014A British Agent in the French Resistance"
Harry R\\xe9e, a British schoolmaster who parachuted into rural France to help the French Resistance, succeeded because he kept his head down. He talked the Peugot factory owner into blowing up his own factory and was shot at close range, but when he got home, he hardly mentioned the war. His son finally tells his story.'