Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees, Hongkew, Shanghai

Per decree of the Axis-allied Japanese military during its occupation of Shanghai from 1941-1945, a "Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees" was established in the Hongkew district of Shanghai in February 1943. Over 20,000 Jewish refugees living in Shanghai after fleeing from Europe to escape the Nazis were ordered to relocate into the c. one square mile area of the Restricted Sector, also known as the Hongkew ghetto or Shanghai ghetto.