![Proclamation of restricted zone in Shanghai for refugees [LCID: 20024xqj]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/efece449-e53b-42e7-b2e0-7c13c0fea3b2.jpg)
Proclamation issued on February 18, 1943, by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy authorities establishing, for reasons of "military necessity," a "designated area" for "stateless refugees" in the Hongkew area of the International Settlement. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]
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