SHANGHAI / Themes

Migration & exile

Follow stories of arrival, refuge and political exile. Read about Jewish Shanghai, the Korean Provisional Government and the places that connect personal lives with wider history.

A reading itinerary

Korean Provisional Government site
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

01Korea

Korean Provisional Government site

Provisional Government office · 1926–1932

A lane house linked to Korea’s independence movement.

Memorial · check visitor informationRead the story

02Jewish heritage

Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

Ohel Moishe / Ohel Moshe Synagogue · 摩西会堂

Lives of refuge and neighbourhood memory in Hongkou.

Memorial · check visitor informationRead the story

Sources & further reading

National Institute of Korean History · Shanghai office
Shanghai Municipal Government · Korean Provisional Government site
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum · about the museum
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum · visitor information