Sugihara Chiune: “They had nowhere to go”
In 1940, Sugihara Chiune, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania, saved thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution by issuing them transit visas to Japan. Fig. Sugihara Chiune This is a schematic image. Interested readers may refer to the following sources for photographs and further readingThis is a schematic picture. Interested reader can visit the following sites: Wikipedia site: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugihara_b.jpg Times of Israel site: https://www.timesofisrael.com/japans-schindler-a-genuine-hero-tangled-in-a-web-of-myth/ Waseda University site: https://www.waseda.jp/top/news/6243 Interviewer: “Why did you defy your own government?” Sugihara: “The Jewish people would be caught by Nazis and would be sent to gas chambers. They had nowhere to go.” [1] ( translation by the author of this blog ) Fig. Lithuania and Neighbors, 1940 Amid the upheaval of 1939–1940, Sugihara found himself in a prof...
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