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Estate Site Cites Holocaust-Rescuer Ho to Sell $40K Homes

8/12/2026

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YiyangFangchan, a Chinese estate website, advertised $40,000 homes in Yiyang, Hunan, using diplomat Ho Feng-shan, China’s consul-general in Vienna from 1938 to 1940.
Manli Ho, 75, said she was outraged that the promotion linked her father’s rescue of 18,000 Jews to the housing sale.
The campaign sparked criticism from Yiyang officials and Ho’s daughter, who live in the United States.
The English-language webpage with the headline has been removed.

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YiyangFangchan, a Chinese estate website, advertised $40,000 homes in Yiyang, Hunan, using diplomat Ho Feng-shan, China’s consul-general in Vienna from 1938 to 1940.
Manli Ho, 75, said she was outraged that the promotion linked her father’s rescue of 18,000 Jews to the housing sale.
The campaign sparked criticism from Yiyang officials and Ho’s daughter, who live in the United States.
The English-language webpage with the headline has been removed.