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Dr. Feng Shan Ho,* Consul General of China in Vienna, 1938-40 Dr. Feng Shan Ho was among the early diplomats to save Jews during the Holocaust. Ho issued numerous visas to Jews seeking to escape Austria after the Anschluss of 1938.
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Ho Feng-Shan ( Chinese: 何鳳山, September 10, 1901 – September 28, 1997) was a Chinese diplomat and writer for the Republic of China. [1] [2] When he was consul-general in Vienna during World War II, he risked his life and career to save "perhaps tens of thousands" of Jews by issuing them visas, disobeying the instruction of his superiors. [3] .
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.
Jul 19, 2015 · Ho Feng Shan, a Chinese diplomat based in Vienna, issued Shanghai visas to thousands of Jews saving them from the horrors of the Holocaust.
Dr Feng Shan Ho was a Chinese diplomat posted to Vienna, Austria. After Austria's annexation by the Nazis, Ho issued thousands of visas to Austrian Jews, enabling them to escape Nazi persecution.
Sep 3, 2023 · Twenty-six years after Feng-shan Ho’s death, his daughter is still trying to shed light on his true story. Ho, a Chinese diplomat in Vienna, Austria, in the late 1930s, helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi terror by issuing them visas to Shanghai.
Ho Feng Shan: The 'Chinese Schindler' who saved thousands of Jews – Jewish Business News. In 1938, Dr. Ho was a worldly 38-year-old diplomat. Though he grew up as a poor orphan in the Chinese countryside, Dr. Ho’s dynamism and brilliance drove him to seek an education and excel in school.
