Austrian refugee Edmund Immergut found safe harbor in
Shanghai, China, where he arrived in the 1930s. Over 10,000 Jews escaping Nazi
rule lived in Shanghai during the war. See more of his documents from his time
in Shanghai here.
Image: Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute
The Center for Jewish History insists upon the most
genuine of American and Jewish values: religious freedom, human equality, and
inviolable human rights. Doing otherwise would be a rejection of our
collective past, and our most profound commitments as both Americans and
Jews. Read the rest of our “Statement on Intolerance” here
