The British Schindler who saved Austrian Jews

In March 1938, a Church of England vicar set out to save the lives of hundreds of desperate Austrian Jews facing persecution by the Nazis by baptising them as Christians, to help them flee the country.

The controversial work of the Reverend Hugh Grimes — which began the day after Nazi Germany annexed Austria — is little recognised yet it led to what could be called Britain’s own Schindler’s list — via redwolf.newsvine.com