Shanghai Story (21): Jewish refugees in Shanghai (I)
Culture
Length: 00:24:45
Date: 2011
Collection
Keywords: History of Shanghai | Jewish refugees | World War II | Shelters | Interview

The No.21 issue of 1552 - Jewish refugees in Shanghai: Shanghai Ark is about Jews’ leaving Germany due to the persecution by the Nazi Party during World War II. At that time, Chinese diplomat He Fengshan issued visas to help Jewish refugees to take refuge in Shanghai. As a result, more than 20,000 Jewish refugees came to live in Hongkou District in Shanghai, where they married and had children.