20,000 Refugees, Two Visas

Abstract

The “designated area” of Shanghai—where the Jewish refugees were confined—was a slightly skewed rectangle, occupying a small section of the city north of Soochow Creek that had been bombed two years earlier during battles between the Chinese and Japanese. The boundaries that accompanied the declaration stated the area to be bordered on the west by the line connecting Chaoufoong, Muirhead, and Dent roads; on the east by Yangtze Creek; on the south by the line connecting East Seward, Muirhead, and Wayside roads; and on the north by the boundary of the International Settlement.