The Harbin Jewish Research Center is located in

Harbin 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 ...

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

) and was founded in April 2000 by the

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

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 published

References

History of Harbin Jewish history organizations Jews and Judaism in Harbin Religion in Heilongjiang Organizations based in Harbin 2000 establishments in China Research institutes established in 2000 Research institutes in China {{Jewish-hist-stub