Selected records of the Shanghai Municipal Archives
Extent and Medium
13,134 digital images, JPEG
5 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
Archival History
Shàng hăi shì dàng àn guăn
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Shanghai Municipal Archives (Shàng hăi shì dàng àn guăn), China. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in Nov. 2003.
Scope and Content
Contains records from the Shanghai Municipal Government, International Settlement, Education Department, Finance Department, Public Works Department, Public Health Department, and French Concession. Topics include: Jewish schools, Jewish journal, school fees, grants to schools for foreign children, the Jewish refugee kitchen, health facilities, the Jewish cemetery, registration of Jewish aid organizations, and annual reports of aid organizations. Also contains documents relating to Polish, Czechoslovak, and other European refugees.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Shàng hăi shì dàng àn guăn
Subjects
- Refugee camps--China--Shanghai.
- Refugees--China--Shanghai.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--China--Shanghai.
- Shanghai (China : International Settlement)
- Jewish cemeteries--China--Shanghai.
- Refugees, Jewish--China--Shanghai.
- Jewish schools--China--Shanghai.
- China--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Genre
- Registers.
- Document
- Correspondence.