semiticsemantics:bunmer:A young Jewish refugee with her Chinese playmates. Shanghai, China (x)Betwee
semiticsemantics:bunmer:A young Jewish refugee with her Chinese playmates. Shanghai, China (x)Between 1933 and 1941, it is estimated that 20,000 Jews escaped persecution by fleeing to the Chinese port of Shanghai. Shanghai was one of the few places in the world that would accept Jewish refugees at this time, Japan being another.My old synagogue was founded by people who came to the US from the wartime Shanghai community. -- source link
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