Records relating to the international settlement in Shanghai, China
Extent and Medium
703 digital images, JPEG
1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is possibly the German Consulate in Shanghai. The documents comprise a part of the Foreign Office/State Department German War Documents Project microfilmed in 1952. Sybil Milton purchased the microfilm for personal research. She donated the microfilm reel to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 1997.
Scope and Content
Documentation of German foreign office response to Japanese reception of Jewish refugees in Shanghai. Collection also includes documents on the embargo on weapons for the republicans during the Spanish Civil War and the policies of various countries toward Jewish refugees. The latter contains significant material on George Rublee, the Evian Conference, and its aftermath.
People
- Rublee, George, 1868-1957.
Subjects
- Germany--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- Japan--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- Jewish refugees--Germany--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
Genre
- Document