Plans allowed for the settler populations to range in size from 18,000 up to 600,000 depending on how much funding and how many settlers were supplied by the world Jewish community . It was agreed , by all the planners , that Jewish settlers would be given complete freedom of religion , along with cultural and educational autonomy . While the Japanese were wary of giving the Jews too much freedom , they felt that some freedom would be necessary to maintain their favor , and their economic proficiencies . The officials asked to approve the plan insisted that , while the settlement was to appear autonomous , controls needed to be placed , behind the scenes , to keep Jews under close watch and under control . They feared that the Jews might take over mainstream Japanese government and economy , taking command of it the way they , according to '' The Protocols of the Elders of Zion '' , " had done in many other countries . " Several thousand Jews were rescued from almost certain death in Nazi-Occupied Europe by the policies surrounding Japan 's temporary pro-Jewish attitude , and Chiune Sugihara was bestowed the honor of the Righteous Among the Nations by the Government of Israel in 1985 . In addition , the Mir Yeshiva , one of the largest centers of rabbinical study today , and the only yeshiva to survive The Holocaust , survived as a result of these events
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The Holocaust
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