The Membership of the Jewish Refugees from Poland in Political Organizations in Wartime Shanghai (1941

The Membership of the Jewish Refugees from Poland in Political Organizations in Wartime Shanghai (1941–1942)

Published:2020-12-21 Issue:3 Volume:48 Page:33-64
ISSN:1230-3135
Container-title:Studia Polityczne
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Author:

Barbasiewicz Olga^ORCID,Pawnik Agnieszka^ORCID

Abstract

When in the early 1940s a vast number of war refugees – mainly Jews, reached (via Japan) Shanghai, they got stuck in the city due to the eruptionof the Pacific War. While being mostly Polish citizens, they depended on the diplomatic care of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tokyo, led by the Ambassador Tadeusz Romer and after its closure – the Polish Consulate in Shanghai, where the ambassador was moved. The diplomats became engaged in the organisation of refugee groups, livelihoods and visas necessary for their evacuation. The aim of this article is to characterise the political and social groups of Polish citizens, who benefited from the Polish consulate’s help and were therefore registered in the diplomatic records.

Publisher

Institute of Political Studies - Polish Academy of Sciences

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