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Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family from Vienna, able to leave Austria thanks to a visa to Shanghai issued by the Chinese consul in Vienna, Feng-Shan Ho 

Feng-Shan Ho, the Consul General of China  in Vienna between 1938 and 1940, acted contrary to his instructions and unlike most other diplomats, and issued entry visas into Shanghai to Jews who requested them. Most of the foreign consulates denied Jews' requests for immigration visas.    

In November 1938 after the Kristallnacht pogrom, thousands of Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps. Their release was conditional on their leaving Austria immediately, which necessitated having an entry permit to another country. This resulted in a sharp increase in the number of requests for entry into China.

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Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family, who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss
Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family, who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Courtesy of Suzi (Lang) Margalit, Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel

Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family, who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss
The Lang family, who escaped Vienna after the Anschluss, on their arrival in the United States
The Lang family, who escaped Vienna after the Anschluss, on their arrival in the United States

The Lang family, who escaped Vienna after the Anschluss, on their arrival in the United States
Susan Lang, who escaped from Vienna with her family after the Anschluss
Susan Lang, who escaped from Vienna with her family after the Anschluss

Susan Lang, who escaped from Vienna with her family after the Anschluss
Feng-Shan Ho
Feng-Shan Ho

Feng-Shan Ho
Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family, who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss
Crystal goblet that belonged to the Lang family, who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss
The Lang family, who escaped Vienna after the Anschluss, on their arrival in the United States
The Lang family, who escaped Vienna after the Anschluss, on their arrival in the United States
Susan Lang, who escaped from Vienna with her family after the Anschluss
Susan Lang, who escaped from Vienna with her family after the Anschluss
Feng-Shan Ho
Feng-Shan Ho
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