A special exhibition themed on Jewish people’s contribution in the CPC’s 100-year history has kicked off in the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

The exhibition displays stories of Jews participating in the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the anti-Japanese movement and the establishment and development of New China. Among the people were Dutch communist activist Hendricus Josephus who attended the First National Congress of the Party, Mikhail Markovich Borodin, representative of Communist International in China, who promoted cooperation between the KMT and the Communist Party, and Polish reporter Hans Shippe who was sacrificed on the Anti-Japanese Front.

According to Chen Jian, curator of the museum, today China has made amazing achievements, and holding this exhibition is to remember those contributing to the Chinese revolutionary cause.

Compared with the previous content of Jewish refugees in Shanghai participating in the Chinese revolution, this special exhibition has extended the timeline and sorted out the deeds of all Jews who joined the process, from the founding of the CPC to the construction of New China.

Looking back, the support and participation of progressive international people in the cause of China's revolution and construction led by the CPC shines with the spirit of internationalism, showing the common pursuit of justice by people of different nationalities.

Telling the story of the friendship between the Chinese people and the people of the world in the pursuit of progress will help more domestic and foreign audiences understand the historical logic of why the CPC can, why Marxism works, and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good.

As Piotr Leszczynski, deputy consul general of Poland in Shanghai, commented, this exhibition tells the story of Jewish people aiding the CPC which is an important chapter in the Party’s history. Focusing on this period on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party is very meaningful. “This exhibition helps me understand more.”