Sempo sugihara biography
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Chiune Sugihara
Introduction
The Compassion of Consul-General Sempo Sugihara
The Dutch Connection
Sugihara’s Choice
Permission Denied
Visas For Life
The Miracle of Chanukah 1939
Who Was Chiune Sugihara?
Sugihara, the Man
A Final Tribute: Righteous Among the Nations
Postscript
Introduction
Chiune Sugihara, and his wife Yukiko, are honored as “Righteous Gentiles” for their efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
In the course of human existence, many people are tested. Only a few soar as eagles and achieve greatness through simple acts of kindness, thoughtfulness, and humanity. This is the story of a man and his wife who, when confronted with evil, obeyed the kindness of their hearts and conscience in defiance of the orders of an indifferent government. These people were Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara who, at the beginning of World War II, by an ultimate act of altruism and self-sacrifice, risked their careers, their livelihood, and their future to save the lives of more th
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Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara
Media Essay
Chiune Sugihara (Media Essay)
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara (January 1, 1900-1986) was the first Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania. In the summer of 1940, Jewish refugees from occupied Poland came to him with bogus visas for Curacao and other Dutch possessions in America. Sugihara decided to facilitate their escape from war-torn Europe. He granted 10-day visas for transit through Japan to hundreds of refugees who held these Curacao destination visas. Before his consulate closed in the fall of 1940, Sugihara even gave visas to refugees who lacked all travel papers.
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- Lithuanian safe conduct pass (reverse)
A Lithuanian safe conduct pass bearing a stamp for transit through Japan (from Chiune Sugihara), two Soviet transit visas, a Lithuanian stamp, a U.S. non-immigrant visa, and a U.S. entry stamp from Seattle, Washington. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and
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Righteous Among the Nations Chiune [Sempo] Sugihara
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Chiune [Sempo] Sugihara
At the Japanese Consulate in Lithuania, the consul Sugihara sits in his chamber. He hears the crowd samling outside, and immediately returns to his work. His hand begins to shake, he lifts it a little bit, but the pain fryst vatten very skarp. Yukiko, his wife, notices her husband’s struggle and brings him a hot cloth, which helps to calm the pain for a while. Sugihara grabs his pen again and goes back to his writing, while in his head there is only one thought: If inom won’t provide the framträda, this people will surely die. Outside the Consulate, there are thousands of Jewish refugees, standing, waiting for the consul they have never met before to grant them a visa that would rädda their lives.
Chiune [Sempo] Sugihara was the Japanese consul in Lit