Chiune Sugihara
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title:
Chiune Sugihara
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Chiune Sugihara Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory, risking his career and the lives of his family. The fleeing Jews were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania. In 1985, the State of Is
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Japanese diplomat (1900–1986)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara
date created:
2004-03-04T10:14:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T21:46:55Z
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