Ho feng shan obituary archives
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Feng-Shan Ho
Chinese Visas in Vienna
Feng-Shan Ho, the Chinese Consul-General in Vienna, was given the title of Righteous Among the Nations for his humanitarian courage in issuing Chinese visas to Jews in Vienna in spite of orders from his superior to the contrary.
After Austria’s annexation to Nazi Germany in March , the , Jews there were subjected to a severe reign of terror, which resulted in intense pressure to leave the country. In order to do so, the Nazis required that Jews have entry visas or boat tickets to another country. However, the majority of the world’s nations refused to budge from their restrictive immigration policies, a stance reaffirmed at the Evian Conference, in July
Unlike his fellow-diplomats, Ho issued visas to Shanghai to all requesting them, even to those wishing to travel elsewhere but needing a visa to leave Nazi Germany.
Many of those helped by Ho did indeed reach Shanghai, either by boat from Italy or overland via the Soviet Union. Many others made use of their visas to reach alternate destinations, including Palestine, the Philippines, and elsewhere, such as the parents of Secretary-General of the World Jewish Congress and Vice Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, Dr. Israel Singer, who traveled to Cuba.
Eric Goldstaub, who had immigrat
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Daughter seeks to set record straight on father's rescue of Jews
My father Dr Ho Feng Shan died in San Francisco on Sept 28, , a warm Sunday afternoon, 18 days after he turned He died peacefully, with his spirit undiminished by the grave injustices he had suffered, in which his good name and his distinguished diplomatic career were besmirched by false accusations. He died penniless, having been impeached and denied a pension for 40 years of loyal and impeccable service.
Being a newspaper reporter, I wrote my father's obituary and sent it to the San Francisco Chronicle and to my former employer, The Boston Globe. I included a single mention of my father helping Jewish refugees and rescuing his friend, a Mr Rosenberg, while serving as China's consul general in Vienna, Austria, in
Soon afterward, I answered a telephone call from a Jewish impresario, who was eager to add my father to his touring photographic exhibit on diplomat rescuers of Jews. I told him I knew little more, but his inquiry had piqued my curiosity.
If I could chase down this cold case, not only was it a good story, but I could perhaps vindicate my father and restore his good name.
A month after my father's death, I embarked on a year quest to piece together the long-lost history of my father's pivotal rol
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This diplomat salvageable Jewish lives but unique novel raises questions sky facts vs. fiction compact Holocaust stories
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