Harbin Jewish Research Center

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The Harbin Jewish Research Center is located in Harbin (China) and was founded in April 2000 by the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences. [1]

In 2003, the history and culture of the Jews of Harbin was approved as a new branch of science study at a provincial level. Its major research areas cover the following aspects: development and use of the relics and sites of Harbin, promoting the process of reform and opening up of Heilongjiang and attracting foreign funds.

In 2009 a cooperation with the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service is planned.

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References

  1. "Harbin | Publications | Harbin | Communities | The Jewish Community of China". www.jewsofchina.org. Retrieved 2022-04-25.