Chinese diplomat who saved Jews honored
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has posthumously honored Dr. Feng Shan Ho, a Chinese diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees during World War II.
Anti-Defamation Leagus (ADL) je posthumno odlikovao dr. Feng Shan Ho-a, kineskog diplomata koji je izdao tisuće viza za židovske izbjeglice tokom II. svjetskog rata.
NAGRADA ZA HRABROST "jAN KARSKI" JE USTANOVLJENA U ADL 1987. GODINE ZA ONE KOJI SU SPAŠAVALI žIDOVE U TOKU HOLOKAUSTA.
ADL "Courage to Care" nagrada je 2011. imenovana prema njenom prvom primatelju Janu Karskom, poljskom dipolomatu i pravedniku koji je dostavio Zapadu prva svjedočanstva o Hitlerovom "Konačnom rješenju"
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NAGRADA ZA DR. HOA JE POSTHUMNO PREDANA 15. NOVEMBRA, PRILIKOM GODIŠNJEG SASTANKA U čIKAGU, NA KOJEM SE SAKUPILO VIŠE OD 500 DELEGATA.
Nagradu je primila njegova kćerka Mani Ho, koja je provela 15-godišnje istraživanje dokumentacije o aktivnosti svog oca.
Njegova izvanredna akcija nije bila poznata do njegove smrti, kada ju je otkrilo istraživanje njegove kćerke Mani Ho.
On je služio kao kineski konzul u Beču od 1938. do 1940. On je omogućio siguran odlazak tisuća Židova između 1938 i 1939 godine izdavajući im vize za kineski lučki grad Shangai. Nakon izdavanja viza kineska je vlada kaznila dr. Hoa gubitkom položaja, a nacisti su konfiscirali zgradu konzulata pod izlikom da je " židovski posjed". Kineski nacionalisti u Taiwanu su čak tražili da Ho ne dobije penziju za svoju 40-godišnju službu u diplomaciji, i iako je obitelj tražila njegovo ime
je ostalo
obilježeno.
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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 1938, the 185,000 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 1938.
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.
Kćerka je primila povelju pravedenika
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 Dr. Israel Singer, who traveled to Cuba...
After a long diplomatic career, Ho retired in 1973, and died in 1997, at the age of 96.