Tag: Chiune Sugihara
Japanese Museum Marks Rescue of Jewish Refugees Who Landed at Tsuruga Port
In 1947, the Japanese foreign office asked Sugihara to resign because of "that incident" in Lithuania.
The Sugihara Exclusion: Israel Bites the Hand that Fed Jews
Israeli bureaucrats have denied visas for the son of a righteous gentile to attend a Jerusalem ceremony in his father’s honor.
Honoring the Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Jews from Holocaust
Chiune Sugihara defied his own government’s orders by issuing handwritten transit visas in 1940 to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews, enabling them to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.
Bar-Ilan Jewish Studies Workshop in Taiwan Commemorates Asian Righteous Among the Nations
Of the approximately 30 diplomats recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations, two were Asian: Chiune Sugihara of Japan, and Dr. Ho Feng-Shan, of China.
Title: The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews during...
Title: The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews during World War IIBy: Rabbi Marvin Tokayer and Mary SwartzPublisher: Gefen...