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Delve into the enduring influence of Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' and the enigmatic world of East Asia's shadow warriors, shaping history with strategic thinking and covert operations.

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The Shanghai Jewish Cemetery, 1947. Images courtesy of Yad Vashem, and Beit Hatfutsot/The Museum of the Jewish People. Between 1939 and 1945 there were 1,581 recorded refugee deaths, including 36 suicides. When the Jews left Shanghai, they left behind the graves of those 1581 people. Evelyn Pike Rubin, whose father and grandmother died in Shanghai, wrote that “The most difficult farewell took place at the cemeteries. We were leaving Vati and Omi in their graves in a strange land. We took photographs of their graves. We knew we would probably never return, and no one would ever visit them.” All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTX2wKFAHV/?igshid=rj3szqmol1k

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#CanterburyClassics #Leatherbound #TheArtofWar #TaoTeChing #Daodejing #TheAnalects #WorksOfMencius #TheGreatLearning #TheDoctarineOfTheMean #SunTzu #LaoTzu #Laozi #Confucuis #Mencius #Zengzi #Zisi #Philosohy #Chinese #ChinesePhilosophy #AncientWisdom #AncientChina #Asian #History #AncientHistory #AsianHistory #EastAsianHistory #Reading #Learning #Bookstagram #Academics (at Etobicoke) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8CZl_A5FB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A refugee dentist at work in the Jewish Hospital in Hongkew, early 1940s. Image courtesy of Beit Hatfutsot/The Museum of the Jewish People. Jewish men whom had had high professional standing in Austria and Germany struggled. Evelyn Rubin once encountered a filthy man with matted blonde hair, clad in rags and covered with sores. He had been a renowned judge back in Germany. Many of these men--doctors, professors, lawyers, judges--ended their lives, unable to accept the loss of everything they had worked so hard for and based their identities upon in Germany. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1Gn3dFdlK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ntxhd8xikzmy

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Shanghai wedding portrait of a Jewish refugee couple Fritz Huber and Lauri, c. 1939-1945. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. And, life went on. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_6NHXld4l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aegu5dnt2ypi

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Jewish refugees in Shanghai attending a memorial service on the first anniversary of Kristallnacht, 1939. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. There were 2,668 Jewish refugees left in Shanghai by February, 1949. In 1956, there were 171 left, 109 in 1957, 56 in 1961, 20 in 1965, and 15 in 1967. In 1982, a Hong Kong newspaper reported the death of the last Jewish refugee left in Shanghai. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #kristallnacht #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/ByWAzFplYwM/?igshid=4x8vge77ad8p

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German Jewish refugees observe a Chinese wedding procession, November 12, 1941. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. They learned a little bit about Chinese culture. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFQwMjFty9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12u4co327ex9

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Members of the Baghdadi Jewish Community of Shanghai handing out sweets to Jewish refugee children, 1938. Image courtesy of Beit Hatfutsot/The Museum of the Jewish People. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #jewishdiaspora #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgXWublVlZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=165at08qafsc9

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The September 22, 1943 edition of the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle. Image courtesy of the Leo Baeck Institute. These refugees were so cultured that, after attending one of the many Stateless Refugee performances, they would pen harsh critiques of said performance in one of the two daily newspapers printed and supported by the Shanghai Jewish community. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/historicity_wasalreadytaken/p/Bu4svFXlJb1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=511amyb97duo

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These signs went up all along the boundaries of the “Designated Area” on May 18, 1943. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #imperialism #japan #japanesehistory #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/BuSIHV2l0ND/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ym9bx60kuxjw

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Chinese civilians fleeing Shanghai ahead of the Communist People’s Liberation Army. Image courtesy of Time Magazine. By 1947, the Jewish refugees were growing increasingly aware of Mao Zedong’s territorial gains in the Chinese interior. Jews and Chinese alike feared the encroachment of the CPC, and both groups, unwilling to be trapped under the Communist regime, prepared to flee. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #chinesecivilwar #militaryhistory #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/historicity_wasalreadytaken/p/BxA54ttlUpC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15bhz2a0yrloi

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Entrance sign and facade of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. In 1991, China officially recognized the state of Israel. In 2004, the Ohel Moshe synagogue was listed as an architectural treasure of Shanghai. In 2007, the People’s Government of the Hongkew District budgeted for a full renovation of the synagogue in accordance with its original architectural drawings. When the renovation was complete, the government installed in the space the brand new Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #museums #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoDDT9FmFH/?igshid=18bi016omyw45

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German Jewish women working behind the counter of the Elite Provision Store in Shanghai, 1939. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum//Jewish refugee women working on UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) sewing machines. Image courtesy of Beit Hatfutsot/The Museum of the Jewish People. In violation of Central European gender norms, women went to work, some in the trades or as receptionists. Others earned money as bar girls--young women who earned money sitting at bars getting male patrons to buy them drinks--and others as prostitutes, a practice to which some refugees, though not nearly all, extended social tolerance, as they understood the difficulty of making ends meet in Shanghai. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #womenshistory #genderhistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/Btzf2yilW-l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4jd4ltagv7wj

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The last letter Hans Harpuder, a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, received from his mother, Gertrude, before the Japanese cut off all communication channels with the outside world; dated December 18, 1941. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Most of the refugees had not heard from their families since the Japanese takeover of Shanghai in 1941. “After Germany invaded Poland…letters from my family would come less and less frequently. The last communication I received was a Red Cross letter from my sister, dated November 8, 1942,” wrote Ernest Heppner. With the war over and communication channels re-opened, the refugees were finally able to to start working to locate family and loved ones they’d left behind in Europe. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #alliedforces #imperialism #japan #japanesehistory #jewishdiaspora #militaryhistory #pacificasiantheater #sinojapanesewar #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/historicity_wasalreadytaken/p/BwDK57FF4kD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e01dkkahn6cw

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Three Jewish refugees repairing clothes, 1940. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem//Jewish refugees at work in a metalshop in the Pingliang Road Heim, 1940. Image courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Others entered the skilled trades; or used money from relief organizations, overseas relatives, or foreign bank accounts to open their own businesses. All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtyhY1ulhgR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vvxmmwo83rs0

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Young men and women at a Shanghai bar. Image courtesy of Yad Vashem. Though many adolescents worked during the day, some even supporting their families, there was still time room for teenagers to be teenagers. Fred Marcus recorded an average evening out for a young Jewish refugee in Shanghai: “Radio. Dance. Games. Horror stories in the dark. During horror stories lay next to Uschi on the couch...Tip top. Party ends at 3:00 in the morning. 4:00 in bed." All content derived from my original research as presented in my 2014 MA Thesis --> https://bit.ly/2CLCrnV. . . . #history #jewishhistory #worldwarii #secondworldwar #holocaust #holocausthistory #refugees #refugeehistory #immigrationhistory #china #chinesehistory #eastasianhistory #shanghai #jewishrefugeecommunityofshanghai #historicitywasalreadytaken #historyblogger #historylovers #historigram https://www.instagram.com/historicity_wasalreadytaken/p/Bu7diXilhqr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kcm8j37prm2f