A delegation of the Central Committee of Jewish Refugees from Europe has submitted a petition to the Chinese Foreign Minister asking him to draw a distinction between Jews and Germans in enforcing the order of the Government providing for forced repatriation of refugees from Germany and Austria.
The petition pointed out that Jewish refugee should not be treated as enemy aliens, but as people “who prayed for the liberation of Shanghai and China’s victory.
“After eight years of insecurity, persecution, isolation and life in concentration camps under the Nazis and the Japanese, we are concerned over the possibility of being placed in a similar situation,” the petition says. It expresses the hope that the Chinese Government “will display its good will as one of the ‘Big Five’ in the United Nations Organization,” and permit the Jewish refugees to remain in Shanghai.
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