Shanghai Sanctuary
Chinese and Japanese Policy toward European Jewish Refugees during World War II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19140950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bei Gao (0000-0002-1506-6198, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 185 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Exodus to Shanghai (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199840908.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4246561096 |
| Open Library | OL25270827M |
| ISBN | 9780199840908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This book assesses the plight of the European Jewish refugees who fled to Japanese-occupied China during the Second World War. It examines the Nationalist government’s policy towards the Jewish refugee issue and the most thorough and subtle analysis of Japanese diplomacy concerning this matter. The story of the wartime “Shanghai Jews” is not merely a side-bar to the history of modern China or modern Japan. It is a story that illuminates how the “Jewish issue” complicated the relationships among China, Japan, Germany, and the United States before and during World War Two. Both the Chinese Nationalist government and the Japanese occupation authorities thought very carefully about the Shanghai Jews and how they could be used to win international financial and political support in their war against one another. Thus, the Holocaust had complicated repercussions that extended far beyond Europe. The diaspora of Jews to East Asia in the era of the Second World War is a rich and complex story that deserves our attention as well. Firmly grounded in archival sources from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, Britain, and Israel, this book is comparative and transnational in scope and makes an important contribution to the international history of the period
China · Diaspora · Diplomacy · Economic history · Jewish state · Judaism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Spanish Civil War · The Holocaust · World history · World War II · History · Japanese History and Culture · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · 1937-1945 · 1939-1945 · 20th century · ethnic relations · Jewish refugees · Jews · politics and government · Refugees · Shanghai · World War · World war, refugees
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |