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Who saved the Jews in World War II?
1. German entrepreneur oskar schindler and his wife Emily Schindler lost all their money in order to protect more than 1200 Jews from being killed by fascists during World War II. These Jews accounted for about half of all surviving Jews in Poland. He took advantage of some mistakes made by the German War Economic Organization to save the Jews.

2. He Fengshan, 190 10 was born in a poor peasant family in Heshan District, Yiyang City, Hunan Province in September. 192 1926 was admitted to yali university in Changsha, and was admitted to Munich university in Germany as a public student, and obtained a doctorate in political economy with honors. 65438-0937 First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Austria. In May, the Nanjing National Government appointed He Fengshan, the former embassy agent, as Consul General.

From1May 1937 to1May 1940, how many life-saving visas did He Fengshan issue to Jews? It is difficult to accurately verify. The original passport provided by a Jewish survivor shows that he got the visa number 238, 1938 in June, while another passport on July 20th shows that the visa number has exceeded 65438+.

According to this calculation, there are at least thousands of passports issued by He Fengshan. On average, more than 500 copies are distributed every month, sometimes reaching 900 copies. At that time, a ship made seven round trips, carrying 3,600 European Jewish refugees, and came to Shanghai, a haven in the East.

At that time, Jews with China consulate visa could not only leave Vienna legally, but also use Chinese visa as a life-saving amulet in times of crisis. At that time, Shanghai became the only international metropolis in the world that opened its doors to Jewish refugees. At its peak, it reached more than 30,000 people, exceeding the total number of Jewish refugees accepted by Canada, Australia, India, South Africa and New Zealand.