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.”
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