Shanghai opens Jewish Memorial Park

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A Memorial Park has been opened in Shanghai to pay tribute to the ties between China and the Jewish survivors of World-War II.

A photo shows people visit the Shanghai Jewish Memorial Park. [Photo: Xinhua]

A photo shows people visit the Shanghai Jewish Memorial Park. [Photo: Xinhua]

The park includes a memorial wall, as well as a series of commemorative statues.

Israeli Consul-General Arnon Perlman says the site, which is located on the western end of Shanghai in Qingpu district, should serve as a reminder of what people during the War had to go through.

"So more events like this and more places like this and more tombstones like this, just make sure that the future generations remember the past, the individual past and the mutual past and for the two nations. And this is something that is very, very important to remember for all of us - whether its Jews, Israeli or Chinese - to remember the friendship between China and Israel and between Shanghai and Israel. This is what's important."

It's estimated around 20-thousand European Jews made their way to China to try to escape the Nazi onslaught.

Shanghai has maintained a significant Jewish community since it became a major metropolitan center in the 1920's.

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