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After the Anschluss (German annexation of Austria), Austrian Jewish refugees disembark from the Italian steamship Conte Verde. Shanghai, China, December 14, 1938.
Polish yeshiva students in Shanghai.
Lessons in dancing and etiquette were given in the Shanghai Jewish Youth Association (SJYA), a school for Jewish refugee children who escaped to Shanghai. China, 1940.
Music lesson in the SJYA (Shanghai Jewish Youth Association) school for Jewish refugee children, Shanghai, China, 1940.
Physical education class at a Jewish refugee school. Shanghai, China, after 1938.
Jewish refugees at prayer in a synagogue. Shanghai, China, date uncertain.
Jews in charge of maintaining order in a refugee camp. Shanghai, China, 1938-1939.
Jews from Germany are transported to a refugee camp in Shanghai. China, 1938-1939.
Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria arrive at the port of Shanghai. China, 1938–1939.
Religious school for Jewish refugee children. Shanghai ghetto, China, September 8, 1944.
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