International Holocaust Remembrance Day event
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day event was held in Shanghai
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1/31/2023
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An International Holocaust
Remembrance Day event organized by the Israeli Consulate in Shanghai and Jewish
Refugee Museum was held in Shanghai on Jan 31.
Ms. Ravit Baer, the Consul
General of Israel in Shanghai, Mr. Eytan Halon, the Deputy Consul General of
Israel in Shanghai, Mr.Chen Jian, Curator of Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum
attended the event and delivered speeches. Five Consuls General of the
US, the UK, France, Germany and Italy in Shanghai shared stories from the
people in their countries who made great efforts to help rescue and shelter
Jewish refugees. From an embassy official who bent the rules to issue Jews
visas to a language teacher who built a children's home for Jewish and Spanish
refugee children, they protected Jews from the Holocaust at great risk and some
of them gave their lives to help others. "Thanks to the
Chinese authorities, including the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum and Hongkou
District, the story of 20,000 Jews who found refuge in this city, is well
documented and is part of the educational efforts encouraged by the UN General
Assembly," said Ravit Baer, the Israeli Consul General in Shanghai.
"Yet, as first-hand memory and testimony
fades, our common responsibility as diplomats is to ensure that the lessons of
the Holocaust are transferred to the next generations," she added.
Chen Jian, curator of the museum, said
Shanghai was closely connected with the world when rescuing and aiding the
Jewish refugees.
"The period of history has actively
interpreted the concept of building a community with a shared future for
mankind," he pointed out.
To commemorate Holocaust
survivors, an exhibition Displaced
Persons and Displaced Persons Camps is currently being held at
the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum in the city's downtown Hongkou district,
which sheltered thousands of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in the 1930s
and 1940s.
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