Tourism GuideShanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
A moving memorial to the 20,000 Jewish refugees who found shelter in Shanghai during World War II.
Key Information
Site
Ohel Moshe Synagogue, former Hongkou ghetto
History
About 20,000 Jewish refugees sheltered in Shanghai
Closed
Mondays
Ticket Notes
adults ¥20, students ¥10
About Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is built around the historic Ohel Moshe Synagogue in the former Hongkou ghetto. Between 1933 and 1941, about 20,000 Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai, which accepted them without visas. The museum tells their stories through photographs, artifacts, and survivor testimony, including a wall engraved with 13,732 names. It is a powerful reminder of Shanghai's wartime role as a sanctuary.
Things to Do
- Visit the restored Ohel Moshe Synagogue
- See the engraved wall listing 13
- 732 refugee names
- Browse photographs and personal artifacts of refugees
- Learn about the history of the Hongkou ghetto
- Walk the surrounding lanes of the former refugee quarter