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Harbin Jewish Research Center
The Harbin Jewish Research Center is located in Harbin (China) and was founded in April 2000 by the Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences. 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 Gedenkdienst is the concept of facing and taking responsibility for the darkest chapters of one's own country's history while ideally being financially supported by one's own country's government to do so. Founded in Austria in 1992 by Andreas M ... is planned. Efforts of the Center *2002: scale picture exhibition of ''Jews in Harbin'' was held *2003: June, ''Remaining Jewish Sites in Harbin'' postcards *2004: September, ''Jews in Harbin'' was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin New Synagogue
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
