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The Photographic Work of Arthur Rothstein in China: Signal Corps, the Great Famine, the Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

Last Updated on 2021/11/29

The Photographic Work of Arthur Rothstein in China

Arthur Rothstein (July 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) was an American prominent photojournalist.

The topics of Arthur Rothstein ranged from social issues, daily life, politics, sport to war scenarios, informing and entertaining millions of readers in the United States.

Arthur Rothstein
Arthur Rothstein

In 1940 Arthur Rothstein joined the US Army as a photographer in the Signal Corps. 

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His military assignment took Arthur to Asia. After his discharge from the military in 1945, he remained in China working as chief photographer for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

He documented the survivors of the Holocaust in the Hongkew ghetto of Shanghai and the Great Famine.

Jews from Europe immigrated to Shanghai in the late 1930s and early 1940s escaping from Nazi Germany. Shanghai did not have restrictions on immigration, and some Chinese diplomats such as Ho Feng Shan issued “protective” passports.

Photographs with the Signal Corps

The Hongkew Ghetto through the Lens of Arthur Rothstein, Shanghai

Source: American Library of CongressWikipedia, International Center of Photography, cbc.ca

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