Novel about Chinese rescuer of Jews raises questions about facts vs. fiction in Holocaust stories Ho Feng-Shan issued visas that allowed thousands of Jews to escape to Shanghai during World War II. His daughter is speaking out about a novel on his story.
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Landa, last Chabad yeshiva student to survive Holocaust via Shanghai, dies at 100 He was granted a visa in 1940 by Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara and spent the remainder of World War II first in Kobe, and then in Shanghai.
Jewish cafe re-opens in Shanghai The cafe’s neighborhood was home to about 20,000 Jews during the Holocaust.