Pan Junshun
Pan Junshun (traditional Chinese: 潘均順; simplified Chinese: 潘均顺; pinyin: Pān Jūnshùn; 1889 – 1974), was the first Chinese national to be awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations for hiding and sheltering a Ukrainian Jewish girl during the occupation of part of the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Life
Pan Jun Shun moved to Russia in 1916 looking for work. He settled in
, Ukraine in 1936. His wife died before the outbreak of World War II.His two sons were drafted into the Red Army at the beginning of the war; they never returned home and were presumed to have been killed during the war.
He survived the war and continued to live there until his death in 1974.
Righteous among the Nations
Pan Jun Shun provided shelter and hiding for Ludmilla Genrichovna, a Ukrainian Jewish girl who had escaped from a detention area set up by the occupying
References
- ISBN 978-0-8050-6260-1. New York: Henry Holt, 2003. P. 20.
- ^ "Teaching the Chinese About the Holocaust", Rafael Medoff, Jewish Ledger, 5 November 2010
- ^ "Holocaust memorial honours individuals from all countries who risked their lives". Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2018.