An international exhibition presenting the unknown stories of thousands of Jews who fled the Nazi Europe and sought safety in China opened in the Czech town of Olomouc on Tuesday.
After its Central European premiere in Olomouc, the exhibition on Jewish refugees in China during the Second World War will tour other European towns.
The exhibition was prepared by experts from the Shanghai Museum and the Confucius Institute of Palacky University seated in Olomouc, marking the 10th anniversary of the institute’s foundation.
The Shanghai Museum lent to Olomouc 40 panels telling the stories of people who fled to China from the Nazis in 1933-1941.
The Confucius Institute worked out a list of Czechoslovak Jews who sought refuge mostly in Shanghai and the routes that the Jewish refugees took.
The Olomouc Jewish Community also took part in the preparation of the exhibition.
