The British 'Schindler' who saved Austrian Jews

In March 1938, a Church of England chaplain 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".

It all began with the Anschluss (annexation), when Hitler made Austria part of the Third Reich just before the start of World War II. 

The Reverend Hugh Grimes was chaplain of Christ Church in Vienna, a little piece of England in Austria. 

Concerned about what he saw happening around him, he came up with a plan.

Before long, the trickle of baptisms at his church - which mainly catered for British embassy staff and other expatriates in the city - turned into a flood.....