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The Houses of Kadoorie Family 1, The Houses of Kadoorie Family currently become Shanghai Children's Palace

2, The Jewish Club now becomes Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

3, Shanghai Ohel Moshe Synagogue was the site of Ohel Moshe Synagogue on Changyang Road. It was established in 1927 and it was the special Synagogue for Jews. During the Second World War, it was the center of Jewish religion rite.

4, Ohel Rachel Synagogue and Beth Aharon Synagogue were built in 1920s with the help of donation from Sassoon family and Kadoorie Family. Ohel Rachel Synagogue is located on the North Shaanxi Road. Beth Aharon Synagogue was located on the Huzhou Road, but nowadays it has been dismantled

5, Residential zone of Shanghai Jewish Refugees: The Jewish Refugee Quarantine Zone was located around the Tinanqiao area of Hongkou District during the World War Two. This area extends to Gongping Road in the west, Tongbei Road in the east, Huimin Road in the South and Lujiazui Road in the north.

In the 1930s, Nazi Germany implemented the anti-Jewish policy to expel the Jews. A great many European Jews had to leave and seek refuge. At that time, Shanghai was the only city all around the world without the requirement of entrance visa and property guarantee. Hence European Jews flocked to Shanghai. Many Jews lived around Tilanqiao, Hongkou, where refugee camps like 138 Ward Road (now Lane 138, Changyang Road), Alcock Road (now Anguo Road), Chaofung Road (now Gaoyang Road) and Wayside Road (now Huoshan Road), were located.

Sassoon House In 1943, the Japanese illicit authorities established a quarantine zone in this area. They forced Jewish refugees to move in within a time limit. They also carried out an inhumane registration system. In the same year, the number of Jewish refugees living in Hongkou was up to 17,000. Most of Jewish refugees lived with Chinese local residents although they lived in the quarantine zone. Chinese residents vacated their houses for the Jewish refugees and looked jobs for them.

The Jewish refugees left Shanghai in succession after the Second World War. But they always remember their experiences in Shanghai and call themselves Shanghai Jews. They think of Shanghai as their second hometown. Recently, many nostalgic Jewish friends have visited their second hometown.

6, Sassoon House is Peace Hotel at present

7, the Center for Jewish Studies Shanghai is located on Middle Huaihai Road of Shanghai. It was built in 1988 and now it is a branch of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. CJSS has been the well-known research institute on Judaism and Israeli affairs in the world. CJSS focuses on the history of the Jews in Shanghai, especially the Jewish Refugees fleeing away from Euro-Holocaust during the Second World War. They also study the remainders of Jewish communities in China (Jews in Kaifeng, Harbin and Tianjin) and the political issues on the Near East.