Escaping the Holocaust

1938. Nazis march into Vienna.

Public Domain. German Federal Archives

1938. Austrian Nazis and local residents look on as Jews are forced to scrub the pavement.

Public Domain. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Ho Feng-Shan, Chinese Consul General in Vienna.
Photo Courtesy of Yad Vashem and Ho Family Collection

Jews line up for visas in Vienna.
Photo Courtesy of Yad Vashem

Passport of Josefina Reubicek with visa issued by Consul Ho in Vienna.
Photo courtesy of Yad Vashem and Ho Family Collection