#HistoryMatters Just read about this Chinese Schindler. His heroic deed deserves to be remembered. His name is Ho Feng-Shan. He was the Chinese Nationalist government’s Consul to Vienna in 1937. He recognized that the Nazi threat was real and urged the nationalist government to
help Vienna’Jew to escape. When his boss didn’t respond, he acted on his own. He began to issue visas to Jews. He told them that they didn’t need a visa to enter Shanghai, but they would need a visa to escape Austria. By June 1938, 3 mos after Hitler annexed Austria,
Ho issued 300 visas. 4 months later, he issued 1,900 visas. Not all visa holders went to Shanghai, but all were able to use the visas to escape Austria. Some came to the US. At the time when so many nations refused to issue visas to Jews, Ho’s heroic deed saved many lives.
In a letter to family, Ho wrote:” I thought it only natural to feel compassion and to want to help. From the standpoint of humanity, that is the way it should be.” Ho Feng-Shan was a real hero. #NeverForget #History
