Little-Known Story of Resilience and Survival During the Holocaust Coming to Illinois Holocaust Museum
Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust will run from
July 15, 2021 – Sept. 5, 2022
Opening program for the exhibit being held virtually July 22
Illinois Holocaust Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust, opening July 15, sheds light on a lesser-known moment in Holocaust history: European Jews who had been shut out of country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution found a beacon of hope in an unlikely place: Shanghai, China. In 1946, renowned American photojournalist Arthur Rothstein began a project documenting the lives of Jewish refugees who now called Shanghai’s Hongkew District “home.”
Holocaust Museum exhibit tells of Jews who fled to Shanghai
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Scarsdale Knitting Enthusiast Discovers Little Red Dress Knit in the Shanghai Ghetto During the Holocaust
first Joanne Wallenstein
For years, Greenacres resident and knitter Tanya Singer has been fascinated by the significance of handknit items during the Holocaust, and how they helped women to resist, remember, and renew their lives after the atrocities of World War II.
Her research has uncovered a series of impactful items – including a little red dress knit in the Shanghai Ghetto during the Holocaust. Timed to coincide with the 78th anniversary of the Japanese seizing control of the Shanghai Ghetto in February 1943, Singer is now sharing the story of the dress through her passion project Knitting Hope, which launches online today.