The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is a museum commemorating the Jewish refugees who lived in Shanghai after fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution. It is located at the former Ohel Moshe or Moish
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum courtyard
A closeup view of the former synagogue
Monument on display at the entrance to the museum, with Chinese flag
Ohel Rachel Synagogue
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The Ohel Rachel Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 500 North Shaanxi Road, in the Jing'an District of Shanghai, China. Built by Sir Jacob Elias Sassoon in memory of his wife
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
…the Chinese civil war in 1949 and converted into a psychiatric hospital. It was also used for office space. It reopened in the 1990s. Ohel Moshe and Ohel Rachel are the only two Jewish synagogues of old Shanghai that still stand, out of the original six. In 2004, the Ohel Moshe Synagogue was inscribed on the…
The synagogue, c. 1920 – c. 1930s
A wedding ceremony held at the Ohel Rachel in January 1951
Hillary Clinton (in white) and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (in black, at right) touring Ohel Rachel in July 1998
Ohel Rachel Synagogue in 2013