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Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Updated: 2014-05-16 08:43 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Jewish Refugee Museum

Housed in the former Ohel Moshe Synagogue built in 1927, the museum memorializes the time when Shanghai gave refuge to those who escaped Nazi Germany.

Exhibits include many cultural relics, scrolls and photographs of Jewish life in Shanghai at the time. It contains a name database through which you can search Jewish refugees who lived in Shanghai.

Tel: (021)6512-6669

Address: 62 Changyang Rd, Hongkou District

Opening hours: 9am-5pm

Admission: 50 yuan (adult)

 

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Over 20 Jewish war survivors and their descendants from U.S. and Israel visited the Jewish Refugee Museum, March 26, 2014.[Photo/IC]

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

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