Japanese Holocaust Rescuer: Sugihara ‘Sempo’ Chiune – Video
25-03-2008 20:41 http://www.ushmm.org "Do you remember this?" It was an event in August, 1968. A gentle man visited SUGIHARA
Book depicts the unsung wartime heroes who saved Jewish lives | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis –
TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who servedas vice consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, during World War II,is deservedly known as the Japanese Schindler. But what about Saburo Nei and Yoshitsugu Tatekawa? Now an English translation of a book by Akira Kitadeis on the way to publication thatfeatures five diplomats in and outside Japan who helped thousands of Jews flee Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II, just as Sugihara did by issuing his visas for life
What ever became of the Hasid from Japan a quintessentially New York Jewish story – Forward
In my work as a reporter in the New York Bureau of a Japanese newspaper, I used to periodically interview Henry Kissinger. Every couple of years, for nearly two decades, Id accompany a colleague from Japan and pay a visit to Kissinger Associates on Park Avenue. In much of East Asia, Kissinger is still viewed as a wise man and a figure of great historical importance, and these interviews were a big deal for our newspaper
Ceremony honors Japanese diplomat who saved thousands from Holocaust – The Jerusalem Post
Chiune Sugihara, known affectionately as the "Japanese Schindler," was honoredat a digital ceremony on Monday ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.The reception, sponsored by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and B'nai B'rith International, focused on the efforts of Sugihara, who defied his own governments orders by issuing travel visas to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews to escape the horrors of the Holocaust.At great risk to himself and his family, Sugihara dared to do what was right to save lives. He stood up when the world was largely silent," said CEO of B'nai B'rith International Dan Mariaschin. Like all rescuers, he never saw his actions as remarkable
