Memorial wall honors Jewish refugees
By Wang Hingyi in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2014-09-03 09:09
A memorial wall listing the names of 13,732 Jewish refugees who settled in Shanghai during World War II will be formally unveiled on Wednesday.
At least 18,000 European Jews fled to the city in the 1930s and 1940s after escaping from Nazi Germany. Most survived the war.
They lived in a designated area for stateless refugees in the Tilanqiao area and were welcomed by other residents.
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