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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: April 20, 1945-September 1, 1945 (indexed as 1945)
Level: item
Scope & content: Propaganda card about Friedrich Melchior. Copy of typed identity card, including photograph, stamped every month from April to August 1945 with red ink. The back has a printed diatribe against Mr. Ghoya, Japanese official of the Stateless Refugees’ Affairs Bureau, signed by Friedrich Melchior in black ink and dated Sept. 1945. Narrative: Kanoh Ghoya was the Japanese official in charge of issuing 1-3 month passes allowing Jews out of Hongkew into surrounding districts. He liked to call himself "King of the Jews"; many refugees called him "The Monkey". Ghoya was a very short, unpredictable man who spoke English well and had once been chief of police in Kyushu. He could fly into a rage and often beat or threatened those who applied for a pass; on other days, he would play with refugee children or attend their soccer matches. He was the most visible oppressor of Jews in Shanghai. Friedrich (called Fritz) Melchior was a refugee artist who made several caricatures of Ghoya.
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Extent: Card : paper : stamped, printed, handwritten : ink : orange-beige, black, red ; Ht: 5 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: 20 APR. 194522 MAY 194521. JUN 194520 JULY 194522 AUG. 1945SETTLEMENT上海無國籍避難民處理事務所第 5100 號指定地域外出域證住所職業Commercial Artist氏名Melchior2 AUG 1945無國籍避難民年齡 48年Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: Chinese
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