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Jewish News 24 · Oct 18, 2026

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W. Michael Blumenthal, a former U.S. Treasury secretary who fled Nazi Germany as a Jewish refugee and found safety in Shanghai, returned Saturday to the museum commemorating the city’s role in sheltering Jews during World War II, China Daily reported Monday. Blumenthal, 100, visited the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum during a trip to the city where he spent eight years of his childhood after fleeing Germany with his parents in 1939.

W. Michael Blumenthal, a former U.S. Treasury secretary who fled Nazi Germany as a Jewish refugee and found safety in Shanghai, returned Saturday to the museum commemorating the city’s role in sheltering Jews during World War II, China Daily reported Monday. Blumenthal, 100, visited the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum during a trip to the city where he spent eight years of his childhood after fleeing Germany with his parents in 1939.

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