Eva Sandberg

Eva Sandberg (November 8, 1911 in Breslau - November 29, 2001 in Beijing) was a Jewish German photographer who took Soviet citizenship. In Moscow she met and married the Chinese communist poet Xiao San. In 1939, after twelve years in Moscow, Xiao was ordered to the revolutionary base at Yan'an; Sandberg was allowed to accompany him.

Read more about Eva Sandberg:  Only White Woman At Yan'an, Only Three Soviet Women in China

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