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Proclamation of restricted zone in Shanghai for refugees

Proclamation issued on February 18, 1943, by the Imperial Japanese Army and Nazy 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.]

— Eric Goldstaub; US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections



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