Japan was a party to the Axis Alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. However, it ignored repeated German demands to harm the 40,000 Jews who found themselves under Japanese occupation during World War Two. This book attempts to answer why they behaved in a relatively humane fashion towards the Jews.
Japan was a party to the Axis Alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. However, it ignored repeated German demands to harm the 40,000 Jews who found themselves under Japanese occupation during World War Two. This book attempts to answer why they behaved in a relatively humane fashion towards the Jews.
Meron Medzini was born in Jerusalem and received his Ph.D in East Asia Studies from Harvard University. He began teaching modern Japanese history at the Hebrew University in 1964. Since 1973 he has been an Adjunct Associate Professor of modern Japanese history and Israeli foreign policy at the Hebrew University. Medzini is the author of six books and scores of articles.
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Introduction Preface Chapter 1: Early Jewish Settlers in Japan Chapter 2: Jewish Settlers in Japan at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Chapter 3: Japanese Images of the Jews: Myths, Canards and Fears Chapter 4: Nazi Antisemitism and its Influence on Japan in the 1920's and 1930's Chapter 5: Japanese Experts on Jews, Judaism, and Zionism Chapter 6: Japan and the Jews of Manchuria Beginning in 1931 Chapter 7: Passports, Entry Visas, and Transit Visas: Japan's policy toward Jewish Refugees (1935-1941) Chapter 8: The Jews of Shanghai under Japanese Rule Chapter 9: Jews in the Japanese-Occupied Territories during the War Years Chapter 10: A Japanese Righteous Gentile: The Sugihara Case Chapter 11: The Japanese Policy toward the Jews in Japan¿s Home Islands Chapter 12: "The Jewish Question" in Japanese-German relations, 1936-1945 Chapter 13: The Japanese, the Holocaust of European Jewry, and Israel Selected Bibliography References Index
Introduction Preface Chapter 1: Early Jewish Settlers in Japan Chapter 2: Jewish Settlers in Japan at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Chapter 3: Japanese Images of the Jews: Myths, Canards and Fears Chapter 4: Nazi Antisemitism and its Influence on Japan in the 1920's and 1930's Chapter 5: Japanese Experts on Jews, Judaism, and Zionism Chapter 6: Japan and the Jews of Manchuria Beginning in 1931 Chapter 7: Passports, Entry Visas, and Transit Visas: Japan's policy toward Jewish Refugees (1935-1941) Chapter 8: The Jews of Shanghai under Japanese Rule Chapter 9: Jews in the Japanese-Occupied Territories during the War Years Chapter 10: A Japanese Righteous Gentile: The Sugihara Case Chapter 11: The Japanese Policy toward the Jews in Japan¿s Home Islands Chapter 12: "The Jewish Question" in Japanese-German relations, 1936-1945 Chapter 13: The Japanese, the Holocaust of European Jewry, and Israel Selected Bibliography References Index
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