In 1942 the Ashkenazi Communal Association opened its new hospital on Route Pichon (now Fenyang Lu), replacing the B'nai B'rith Polyclinic and Hospital, which had been established in 1934 in another location. The SHANGHAI ALMANAC OF 1946-47, published by the SHANGHAI ECHO, the only German language daily paper in Shanghai, states: "The Hospital is lodged in a beautifully situated building endowed with new installations so that it is really able to meet all the demands raised in every respect and is admitting patients regardless of  their religion and nationality".

Staffed primarily by refugee medical personnel who had fled Hitler's Europe, the Hospital had an enviable reputation for high quality medical care. After the last Jewish refugees departed China in the early 1950's, it became the "Five Hoce Hospital", the Chinese name for the Eyes, Ears and Nose Hospital, which it remains today. The elegant 1943 building, pictured, awaits renovation.

The Country Hospital

In 1926 this hospital, designed by Ladislaus Hudec, was given to the Municipality anonymously by a British businessman. The Hospital  could accommodate 125 patients and was dedicated "for the benefit of the foreign resident of Shanghai without distinction as to nationality or religious belief.” The value of the gift was one and a half million taels.

Today it is the Huadong (East China) Hospital, and accepts foreigners only in one small wing.