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Feng Shan Ho - Gedenktafel

Johannesgasse 22, Innere Stadt (1010), Vienna

The record

Type
Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
Address
Johannesgasse 22
District
Innere Stadt (1010)
City
Vienna (Wien)
Country
Austria
Coordinates
48.20295, 16.37717
Object number
109173

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1813 map "Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1843 · (With directional lighting) Neuester Plan von Wien und Dessen 34 Vorstaedten in Relief. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Plan der Haupt-u. Residenz Stadt Wein mit der neuen Bezirkseintheilung, Strassenbenennung… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The City of Vienna's record

Feng Shan Ho / (1901-1997) / Zwischen 1939 und 1940 rettete Dr. Feng Shan Ho als / Generalkonsul der Regierung China in diesem Gebäude in / Wien tausende Juden vor dem Holocaust durch die Ausstellung / von Visa nach Shanghai und von anderen Dokumenten. Indem / er die Anordnungen seiner Vorgesetzten ignorierte und seine / Karriere und eigene Sicherheit aufs Spiel setzte, handelte er / mit Mut, als die meisten anderen dies nicht taten. / United States Comission for the / Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad / Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
(Daneben Tafel mit englischer Inschrift)

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien), in German. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the City of Vienna (Stadt Wien); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Feng Shan Ho / (1901-1997) / Between 1939 and 1940 Dr. Feng Shan Ho, as / Consul General of the Government of China in this building in / Vienna, rescued thousands of Jews from the Holocaust through the issuing / of visas to Shanghai and of other documents. By / ignoring the orders of his superiors and risking his / career and his own safety, he acted / with courage when most others did not. / United States Comission for the / Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad / Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
(Beside it, plaque with English inscription)

Other plaques nearby

Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0). Inscriptions and notes are reproduced unchanged. Stadt Wien · CC BY 4.0
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