Council of the Jewish Community Shanghai. Report and Statement of Accounts.

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1952-1960

Annual Reports, 1952-1960. Together seven volumes, each between 11 and 23 pages. Each with lists of name and financial accounts, most with photographic illustrations of communal life.

Exceptional rarity. Printed in a very small run, likely just for senior officers of the Joint and local Chinese officials. With accounts from the Jewish Communities located in Shanghai, Harbin and Tientsin, these reports record annual progress and distributions relating to economic welfare and relief, education, religious and cultural activities, provision of Ghetto Letters, migration, cemeteries, etc. At the close of the 1958 Report, Jewish Shanghai Community Chairman P.I. Yudalevich writes: “In conclusion, it must be mentioned that the Chinese people and the Chinese People’s Government have been both generous and kind to the Jewish residents…Special consideration and respect have been consistently shown to our religious requirements by the authorities. The Council takes pleasure to place on record its sincere gratitude to this great nation.”