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A Walk through Shanghai's Hongkou Jewish Quarter

By Sara Naumann, About.com

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Second Stop: Chushan Road

Chushan Road lane sign.

© 2008 Sara Naumann, licensed to About.com.
Just across Huoshan Road from the park is Zhoushan Road, formerly known as Chushan Road. Once the commercial artery of Little Vienna, the lane became famous for the sheer number of Jewish families crammed into each of the flats. Sometimes housing 30 to a room with bunk beds and curtain dividers, families lived in these circumstances for years until the US liberated Shanghai in 1945.

Mr. Bar-Gal takes you down the lane and fills the houses and lanes with the stories of the Ghetto and the people who lived there.

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