Listing of sixty Polish prisoners interned in Shanghai by the Japanese government. (ID: 31046)
Title or Main Description:
Listing of sixty Polish prisoners interned in Shanghai by the Japanese government. Included are excerpts from a letter dated August 10, 1943 from the American Representative of the General Jewish Workers Union of Poland. The letter asks for the sixty prisoners to be included in a prisoner exchange between the United States and Japan. The request was denied due to strict limitations to nationals of the United States, Canada, and Latin America by the Japanese government. List includes birth date, birth place and in some cases occupation
Description:
Number of Names or Other Entries-- 60
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
- Survivors Registry Collection [photocopy]
- Source Institution: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Keywords:
- Shanghai (China)
- Jews, Polish --China.
- Japan.
- United States.
- Prisoners.
Language and Other Notes:
Text in English.
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
Former Q&A Name Lists Database File Number-- SC0222