Why didn't Jewish refugees in Shanghai need visas during World War II?

Actually, you need a visa. The man who did it was He Fengshan. Chiang Kai-shek was fond of the Germans and did not support He Fengshan's behavior. He Fengshan did it under pressure.

When He Fengshan took office, the sky over Europe was overcast and Nazi Germany was rampant, which set off a vicious wave of anti-Semitism. 1March 938, Germany annexed Austria. Austria is the third largest Jewish settlement in Europe, with a total population of about185,000. The Nazis wanted to exterminate the Jews here, stipulating that Jews in concentration camps could be released as long as they could leave Austria, and those who could not leave were slaughtered in batches in concentration camps. Therefore, for Jews in Austria, leaving means survival, and not leaving means death. As a result, Jews tried their best to leave Austria.

To leave, you must first have a visa from the destination country. However, many countries have "expressed their opinions" and have successively turned red lights on Jewish visas. The desire to survive makes thousands of Jews rush between consulates of various countries every day, but most of them have no results. Eric Gaudes Taubel, 17, went to the consulates of more than 50 countries except China, but didn't get any visas. Compassionate He Fengshan couldn't bear to watch Jews die in Vienna, and bravely opened the door to issue visas to Jews. Gauditobel 1938 obtained 20 Chinese visas at one time from the Consulate General of China. The news soon spread among Jews. There is a long queue in front of the Consulate General of China from morning till night every day. Many non-recourse Jews got a "life visa" to Shanghai, and fled Europe to China, or went to the United States, Palestine, Australia and other places via Shanghai. He Fengshan resisted the pressure and issued visas to Jews in batches, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Nazi authorities. The Nazis confiscated the house of the Consulate General in China on the pretext that it was Jewish property. At his own expense, He Fengshan quickly moved the consulate to another small house and insisted on issuing a visa.

At that time, domestic political circles had different opinions on issuing visas to Jews. Chiang Kai-shek liked Germany, used German military advisers, bought German weapons and sent his son Jiang Weiguo to Germany to study military affairs. This naturally put a lot of pressure on He Fengshan, and he was soon directly threatened by his immediate boss and ambassador to Germany, Chen Jie. Chen Jie, adhering to the domestic will, not only wants to maintain relations with Germany, but also is afraid of offending the other side, so he resolutely opposes He Fengshan issuing visas to Jews, but He Fengshan ignores it. Later, someone reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that He Fengshan was selling visas to Jews. Chen Jie then launched a surprise attack and sent people to Vienna to investigate. Because there is no evidence, it will go away. However, He Fengshan was transferred from Vienna on May 1940.

Therefore, China-Israel friendship has nothing to do with the ruling government.

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The Nazis confiscated the consulate in China, and He Fengshan rented a house at his own expense to get a visa. The puppet government of Wang was established in 1940, which was the return of He Fengshan. Moreover, at that time, the China regime was divided into the national government, the Wang puppet government and the weak China * * * production party. It's not necessarily who presses who.