China; Shanghai; Hongkou district; Tilanqiao Historic Area; Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum: display board showing the seat of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) at 119 Huashan Road; Hongkou district; Shanghai; Today a protected unit of the cultural monuments and relics of the Hongkou district; it is an important former site during World War II. The American Committee of New York set up a branch office in Shanghai; which became the key international organization supporting Jewish refugees; with most of the rescue funds coming from this committee. The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum commemorates the Jewish community; living in Shanghai after the Japanese occupation of 1937 in the so called Shanghai Ghetto or Jewish Quarter. The museum was founded in 2007 by W. Michael Blumenthal (Werner Michael Blumenthal; born 3rd of January; 1926 in city of Oranienburg; Germany); US Secretary of the Treasury during the government of Jimmy Carter and director of Jewish Museum Berlin. 2007 - 2014. The museum is located in the former Ohel Moshe or Moishe Synagogue; in the Tilanqiao Historic Area of Hongkou district; Shanghai; China. The Ohle Moshe congregation of Shanghai was founded in 1907. The synagogue had been built; in 1927. In 1949; it was confiscated and became psychiatric hospital. In the 1990s; it was returned. In 2007; it was restored. The museum features documents; photographs; films; and personal items documenting the lives of some of the more than 20;000 Jewish residents of the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees; better known as the Shanghai Ghetto; since 1937.