An in-depth investigation of how more than 24,000 European Jews reached Japan and Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
Preface Introduction Before Japan Had a Jewish Problem Japan's Jewish Problem in 1938 Increasing Restrictions in 1939 and 1940 Sugihara Chiune Jewish Refugees in Japan in 1941 Conclusion Bibliography Index
PAMELA ROTNER SAKAMOTO lives and writes in Tokyo. She has been a lecturer at Doshisha University and Baika Junior College, and her articles have appeared in Points East and The Fletcher Forum. She is presently working as an expert consultant for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which is preparing a special exhibition in 2000, concerning the flight of Polish Jews to Japan and Asia in 1940 and 1941.
,,"."a unique and important work dealing with a subject that has
not adequately been addressed in Holocaust history.""-Shofar
?.,."a unique and important work dealing with a subject that has
not adequately been addressed in Holocaust history."?-Shofar
?[W]hat makes Sakamoto's book so good is that it is probably very
close to the truth.?-Points East Newsletter
?A fascinating and well-researched account of Jews fleeing Europe
through Asia before and during the Holocaust.?-The Jewish State
?Japanese Diplomats And Jewish Refugees is an important,
informative, and seminal contribution to Jewish experience and
history arising from the holocaust.?-Wisconsin Bookwatch
?Mrs. Sakamoto's search through Japanese, Russian, Jewish, and
other primary and secondary sources has been thorough and
comprehensive, and her presentation of her findings is admirably
done....The coverage of the subject provided in the text of Mrs.
Sakamoto's book and the photographs it includes, together with its
extensive bibliography and workable index, make the work an
indispensable addition to the literature of the Holocaust for both
the specialist and the lay reader.?-Cpngress Monthly
?What is at stake in this issue of Jewish refugees in Shanghai is
nothing less than our understanding of the character of Japan's
behavior during World War II. Pamela Rotner Sakamoto's clear-headed
new book helps settle this issue. Based on primary research in the
Foreign Ministry archives, this dispassionate and meticulous work
makes clear that the influx of large numbers of Jewish refugees to
Shanghai via Japan on the eve of the Pacific War was the result,
not of any "pro-Jewish policy" or "conspiracy of good," but rather
of the rudimentary state of Japanese immigration policies, Japan's
overestimation of Jewish influence in the United States, and poor
coordination among various branches of the Japanese
government....This may not be the most satisfying conclusion, but
what makes Sakamoto's book so good is that it is probably very
close to the truth.?-The Journal of Asian Studies
"�W�hat makes Sakamoto's book so good is that it is probably very
close to the truth."-Points East Newsletter
"[W]hat makes Sakamoto's book so good is that it is probably very
close to the truth."-Points East Newsletter
.."."a unique and important work dealing with a subject that has
not adequately been addressed in Holocaust history.""-Shofar
"A fascinating and well-researched account of Jews fleeing Europe
through Asia before and during the Holocaust."-The Jewish State
"Japanese Diplomats And Jewish Refugees is an important,
informative, and seminal contribution to Jewish experience and
history arising from the holocaust."-Wisconsin Bookwatch
"Mrs. Sakamoto's search through Japanese, Russian, Jewish, and
other primary and secondary sources has been thorough and
comprehensive, and her presentation of her findings is admirably
done....The coverage of the subject provided in the text of Mrs.
Sakamoto's book and the photographs it includes, together with its
extensive bibliography and workable index, make the work an
indispensable addition to the literature of the Holocaust for both
the specialist and the lay reader."-Cpngress Monthly
"What is at stake in this issue of Jewish refugees in Shanghai is
nothing less than our understanding of the character of Japan's
behavior during World War II. Pamela Rotner Sakamoto's clear-headed
new book helps settle this issue. Based on primary research in the
Foreign Ministry archives, this dispassionate and meticulous work
makes clear that the influx of large numbers of Jewish refugees to
Shanghai via Japan on the eve of the Pacific War was the result,
not of any "pro-Jewish policy" or "conspiracy of good," but rather
of the rudimentary state of Japanese immigration policies, Japan's
overestimation of Jewish influence in the United States, and poor
coordination among various branches of the Japanese
government....This may not be the most satisfying conclusion, but
what makes Sakamoto's book so good is that it is probably very
close to the truth."-The Journal of Asian Studies
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