The Holocaust Museum exhibit talks about the Jews who fled to Shanghai.Illinois News

Skokie, Illinois (AP) —A new exhibit at the Holocaust Museum, Illinois, reveals the lesser-known role that Shanghai, China, has played as a safe haven for Jews fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution. Explains. American photojournalist Arthur Rothstein began recording the lives of Jewish refugees in Hongkou District, Shanghai in 1946. His photo is currently being presented at a new exhibition on Thursday at a museum in Skokie, a suburb of Chicago. Relics from a local Holocaust survivor who lived in the Shanghai Ghetto are also part of the exhibit. Three of these survivors will join a virtual program scheduled for…