ADL’s Asian Jewish Initiative and Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival screening of ‘Above the Drowning Sea’

  • April 30, 2018

On April 29, ADL’s Asian Jewish Initiative partnered with the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on a screening of Above the Drowning Sea. This documentary tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War Two through the courageous intervention of Ho Feng Shan, the Chinese Consul in Vienna who defied his own government and braved the Gestapo to issue visas to the refugees.

The event was co-sponsored by the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center and took place at Laemmle’s Playhouse in Pasadena, CA, with about 80 people in attendance.