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Historical and Recent Events Bringing European Jews to China

Pan, Guang

Pages: 3 –10

[In the 1930s and 1940s, during the Holocaust, a large number of Jews fled from Germany and other Nazi-controlled countries in Europe, with more than 30,000 landing in China. While some of them went on to other countries, Shanghai and other Chinese cities were still sheltering about 25,000 Jewish...

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Jewish Refugees Arriving in China (1933–1941): Route, Time, Number and Resettlement

Pan, Guang

Pages: 11 –28

[Different views have been published on Chinese and international journals and other publications about the flight of Jewish Refugees to China, including their routes, time of arrival, their number and resettlement in Shanghai. Based on our research over the past years, this chapter will examine...

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The Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai

Pan, Guang

Pages: 29 –50

[After their arrival, the European Jewish refugees had established close contact with the local Sephardi Jews and Russian Jews. However, they had different religious activities and living customs, so there were clashes. Over time, the European Jewish refugees gradually formed their own...

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Jewish Refugees in Other Chinese Cities

Pan, Guang

Pages: 51 –58

[In the 1930s and 1940s, European Jewish refugees travelled by sea and then by land to seek asylum in Shanghai which became the Noah’s Ark for them. Meanwhile, some refugees were stranded in other cities in China on their way to Shanghai and had to settle there. Some refugees who had arrived in...

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The Final Solution for Jewish Refugees in Shanghai and the Designated Area for Stateless Refugees

Pan, Guang

Pages: 59 –62

[Due to the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, the living conditions of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai worsened; they even faced danger. There were two reasons. First, as Japan declared war on the UK and the United States and took over the International Settlement, JDC and other...

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Jewish Refugees and the Chinese People: Friendship in a Troubled Time

Pan, Guang

Pages: 63 –83

[When they landed in China, the Jewish refugees were put in close relations with the local Chinese. Before they came, the relations between the Chinese and the Sephardi Jews and the Russian Jews had evolved for about a century. In the historical context of the Holocaust and the Anti-Fascist War,...

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Departure of Jews and End of the Jewish Refugee Community in China

Pan, Guang

Pages: 85 –103

[After WW II, Jewish refugees left China for various reasons. By the start of the Cultural Revolution, except for Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Jewish refugee community and settlements in China had ceased to exist. However, during the 17 years before the Cultural Revolution, many Jews still lived in...

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The International Background: The Impact of the Holocaust on Jews

Pan, Guang

Pages: 107 –121

[Tens of thousands of Jewish refugees fled to China as a direct result of being persecuted, deported and murdered by the Nazi (The Holocaust). Therefore, a research on Jewish refugees in China requires a look at the bigger picture, mainly the Holocaust and its far-reaching impact on the Jewish...

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The Push-Pull Theory and Motivations of Jewish Refugees

Pan, Guang

Pages: 123 –131

[“Push and pull theory” is one of the most important theories for studying floating population and immigrants. The theory holds that the reasons for migration and immigration are because people can improve their living conditions through migration. As a result, the factors that have caused...

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Exile and Perseverance: The Ethnic Diaspora Theory and the Jewish Refugee Community in China

Pan, Guang

Pages: 133 –147

[The Jewish Refugee Community in China are special groups of Jews formed during the long history of Jewish diaspora and therefore the formation and development of this particular community has not only the basic characteristics of Jewish diaspora but reflects the influence of a specific...

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