The total number of survivors of the Shanghai refugee ghetto reaching the United States will soon pass the 6,000 mark, United Service for New Americans reported today. The figure had exceeded 5,700 at the beginning of April, including several hundred who passed through the U.S. en route to other countries, and were aided by U.S.N.A. while in transit hare.
About 6,000 Jewish DP’s still remain in Shanghai, the agency pointed out. They are being aided by the Joint Distribution Committee. The 1,000th Shanghai survivor to obtain a visa on the basis of the U.S.N.A. corporate affidavit arrived at San Francisco this week.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
