2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A research of the actual conditions of the Jewish refugee society which existed in Shanghai at the time of World War II
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17520476
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Asian history
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
ABE Yoshio Kyushu University, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Professor, 大学院言語文化研究院, 教授 (70231975)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | refugee society / Shanghai / the Jews |
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| Research Abstract |
This research tried to investigate the construction and activities of the Jewish refugee society which existed in Shanghai China in 1938-1949 through the analysis of various materials. About 18,000 Jewish refugees from Central Europe under the control of Nazi Germany escaped.to Shanghai
As for the treatise "The school education to the children of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai", the elementary education which this community gave was examined. It was the establishment of the identity as a Jew (Judaism and Hebrew) and English learning (German use at school was prohibited) that was specially taken seriously in the education of their children.
By "A resource research : the Jewish refugees in "The foreigner list" of the Honkou district in Shanghai (August 1944)", of 12,309 Jewish refugees from Central Europe their nationality, sex, age, address, occupation were checked, and the organization of Shanghai Jewish refugee society was explained. Their residence was restricted to the area (Shanghai Jewish ghetto to say commonly) of about 2 km^2 that extended over the eastern part of Honkou and the western part of Yangjippo in the northeastern part of Shanghai
The treatise "The Jewish refugee musicians in Shanghai" argued the activities of the musicians among the Jewish refugees in Shanghai. They joined the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra which was said to be No.1 in the Orient at that time and also coached Chinese students. Their great contribution was fulfilled when their performances unified the people as a cultural community again.
The treatise "The place of women in the Jewish refugee society in Shanghai" took up "the women in the bars" dispute on the newspaper which the Jewish refugees issued, and examined the part which women played for the will that the emigrants needed to live and the formation of solidality inside the community or the family through a matter of poverty and morals.
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Research Products
(8 results)
