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Sign from Shanghai Ghetto [LCID: 2002ysau]
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Sign from Shanghai Ghetto

One of many signs displayed along the Shanghai ghetto's boundaries: "Stateless Refugees are Prohibited to Pass Here without Permission". This plaque was removed by a refugee at the end of the war. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]

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Shanghai China refugees ghettos
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gary Matzdorff

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