A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933-1945): History, Theories and the Chinese Pattern

Historical and recent events bringing European Jews to China.- Jewish refugees arriving in China (1933-1941): Route, time, number and placement.- The Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai.- Jewish refugees in other Chinese cities.- The Final Solution for Jewish refugees in Shanghai and the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees.- Jewish refugees and the Chinese people: Friendship in a troubled.- Departure of Jews and the end of the Jewish refugee community in China.- The International Background: The Impact of the Holocaust on Jews.- Push and pull theory and the motivation of Jewish refugees.- Exile and perseverance: Ethnic Diaspora Theory and the Jewish Refugee Community in China.- A theoretical reflection on the collective memory of Jewish refugees and their "Chinese Complex".- Struggling to survive: Why Jewish refugees survived and prospered in China.- Perfect combination of traditional history, public history and oral history: Development of studies of Jews in China and Jewish refugees since the mid 20th Century.- History of Jewish refugees before the Holocaust.- Jewish refugees during Nazi Germany: Aid to refugees outside China.- Characteristic One of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Open big cities as the main refuge of the Jewish refugees.- Characteristic Two of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jews living in an atmosphere free from anti-Semitism.- Characteristic Three of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Existence of a rich and strong Jewish community.- Characteristic Four of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jewish refugees having a high cultural quality.- Characteristic Five of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jewish refugees able to survive by utilizing the conflicts between the dominant powers.- Bibliography.- Postscript.