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A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945)The Final Solution for Jewish Refugees in Shanghai and the Designated Area for Stateless Refugees

A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945): The Final Solution for Jewish Refugees in... [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 organizations had to stop sending money to Shanghai under Japanese occupation according to the restrictions imposed by the US and other Allies. Second, most Sephardi Jewish merchants were British, and they were jailed by the Japanese as enemy aliens and their assets were confiscated. Naturally, they were unable to provide any further relief for the afflicted refugees. JDC called the heads of the Jewish community in Shanghai together to find ways to help them out, such as streamlining relief agencies and cutting daily expenses and raising funds from the wealthier Jews in Shanghai. At the same time, Japan and the Soviet Union were not at war, so the Russian Jews used their identity as aliens from a “neutral state” to help the refugees. They helped not only Jews from Eastern European, but also German and Austrian Jewish refugees. Some Russian Jews established the Central European Refugee Committee which fed at least 600–700 hungry Central and Eastern European Jewish kids.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945)The Final Solution for Jewish Refugees in Shanghai and the Designated Area for Stateless Refugees

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
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© Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press 2019. Sponsored by the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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978-981-13-9482-9
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59 –62
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10.1007/978-981-13-9483-6_5
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[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 organizations had to stop sending money to Shanghai under Japanese occupation according to the restrictions imposed by the US and other Allies. Second, most Sephardi Jewish merchants were British, and they were jailed by the Japanese as enemy aliens and their assets were confiscated. Naturally, they were unable to provide any further relief for the afflicted refugees. JDC called the heads of the Jewish community in Shanghai together to find ways to help them out, such as streamlining relief agencies and cutting daily expenses and raising funds from the wealthier Jews in Shanghai. At the same time, Japan and the Soviet Union were not at war, so the Russian Jews used their identity as aliens from a “neutral state” to help the refugees. They helped not only Jews from Eastern European, but also German and Austrian Jewish refugees. Some Russian Jews established the Central European Refugee Committee which fed at least 600–700 hungry Central and Eastern European Jewish kids.]

Published: Sep 13, 2019

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