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Iconic cafe for Jewish refugees to open next Wednesday
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An iconic café for Jewish refugees during World War II will open to the public next Wednesday after it was rebuilt in Hongkou District where most Jewish refugees live during the war, officials said today.
The Zum Weissen Ross’l café, better known as the White Horse Café, which first opened in 1939 has been rebuilt in a new location on Changyang Road opposite to the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. It is recreated with it original look, said Chen Jian, curator of the museum.
The three-story wooden and brick structure that combined Western and Eastern architecture served as a popular shelter for Jewish residents living nearby.
The owner sold the cafe to a local after the war. It was demolished in 2009 to make room for a subway.
Chen said the museum collected the building’s blue prints and key components such as beams and some wooden curving on walls for the rebuilding.
During an overseas exhibition in Australia of the museum this year, officials with the museum met the family members of the former boss of the café who donated many old photos about the café to the museum.
“We then rebuilt the café according to these historic photos and keep the original furniture inside,” Chen told Shanghai Daily.
After the reopening, the first floor will be a cafe open to the public while the upper floors will hold exhibitions about the history of the café and meetings.
All the wooden tables and chairs are the original ones used by Jewish refugees some 70 years ago, Chen said.
Construction has been completed and final decorations are going on.
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