Flight to Shanghai, 1938-1940

Altman, Avraham, 1922-2016
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Title Flight to Shanghai, 1938-1940 : the larger setting.
Contributors Eber, Irene, 1929-2019
Original Library/publisher Jews in China
Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions, [by] Irene Eber. Edited with an introduction by Kathryn Hellerstein. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020
Host Item Yad Vashem Studies 28 (2000) 51-86
Description Between November 1938-August 1939, ca. 20,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Contends that it was Germany that launched this migratory wave, because it saw in China the only practicable destination for the Jews. This influx of destitute refugees was a burden for the Japanese, for the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC), and for the Jewish communities in the city. In 1939 the Japanese introduced measures aiming to curb the "European" immigration to the city
at the same time, the SMC barred the refugees from entering the International Settlement. The permit system, introduced by the Japanese authorities and acquiesced to by the various European consuls, prevented many Jews from reaching Shanghai. In this context, the shortsightedness of the world Jewish organizations, including the JDC, is astonishing: instead of exploiting the opportunity to transport as many Jews as possible to China, they, too, tried to limit the numbers fleeing to Shanghai in 1938-39. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Appeared also in "Jews in China
Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions, [by] Irene Eber" (2020) 54-68.
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Language English
Credits באדיבות יש ושם – רשות הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה Courtesy of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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