Language:
English
Year of publication:
2000
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
28 (2000) 51-86
Keywords:
Jews History 1939-1945
;
Jews
;
Jewish refugees
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Appeared also in "Jews in China; Cultural Conversations, Changing Perceptions, [by] Irene Eber" (2020) 54-68.
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See also in Hebrew.
DOI:
10.5325/j.ctv14gpgr0.6
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