Posts Tagged: Chiune Sugihara
Redemption Doesn’t Wait for Heroes — It Begins With Ordinary People Doing the Right Thing
In the summer of 1940, as Europe collapsed into darkness, a Japanese diplomat sat behind a modest desk in the Lithuanian city of Kovno and...
Jewish Groups Pay Tribute to Japanese Holocaust‐Era Hero, Chiune Sugihara, on Death Anniversary
Several Jewish groups paid tribute to the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara on Friday, the 34th anniversary of his death. Sugihara, who was serving as Japan's...
Evidence Emerges of ‘Second Japanese Schindler’ Who Rescued Jews From Nazi Persecution
Evidence has emerged of a second Japanese diplomat who provided visas to European Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, raising the prospect that further undiscovered heroes are...
Google Doodles Honors Late Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Jewish Lives During Holocaust
Google Doodles on Monday honored the late Chiune Sugihara -- a World II-era Japanese diplomat who flouted Tokyo's orders by providing travel documents that saved...
On the Trail of Japanese Holocaust-Era Hero Chiune Sugihara
A picturesque hilltop in the rustic countryside of central Japan’s Gifu Prefecture is the last place one might expect to hear Hebrew. But at the...
