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Ho Feng Shan was a Chinese diplomat based in Vienna during World War Two. Defying orders, he issued visas to thousands of Jewish people, which enabled them to go to China and flee the war in Europe. Above the Drowning Sea is a documentary that tells the story of the Jews who left everything to set up home in Shanghai. Julian Worricker spoke to Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, one of the film's producers, and to Dr Karl Bettelheim, who escaped Europe with his parents, with the help of Ho Feng Shan.

(Photo: Still from Above the Drowning Sea. Credit: Time & Rhythm Cinema/The Mattawin Company)