[PAR] [TLE] Chiune Sugihara [SEP] Chiune Sugihara, also called Sempo Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原 千畝 , "Sugihara Chiune", 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a Japanese government official who served as vice consul for the Japanese Empire in 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 job and his family's lives .  The fleeing Jews were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania.  A few decades after the war, in 1985, the State of Israel honored Sugihara as one of the Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: ) for his actions.  He is the only Japanese national to have been so honored. [PAR] [TLE] Visas and Virtue [SEP] Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, who is known as "The Japanese Schindler".  Sugihara issued over 2,000 transit visas to Polish and Lithuanian Jews from his consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, in August 1940, in defiance of his own government (Japan), thereby allowing an estimated 6,000 individuals to escape the impending Holocaust.
[PAR] [TLE] Chiune Sugihara [ SEP ] Chiune Sugihara , also called Sempo Sugihara ( Japanese : 杉原 千畝 , " Sugihara Chiune " , 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986 ) was a Japanese government official who served as vice consul for the Japanese Empire in 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 job and his family 's lives . The fleeing Jews were refugees from German - occupied Western Poland and Soviet - occupied Eastern Poland , as well as residents of Lithuania . A few decades after the war , in 1985 , the State of Israel honored Sugihara as one of the Righteous Among the Nations ( Hebrew : ) for his actions . He is the only Japanese national to have been so honored . [PAR] [TLE] Visas and Virtue [ SEP ] Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune " Sempo " Sugihara , who is known as " The Japanese Schindler " . Sugihara issued over 2,000 transit visas to Polish and Lithuanian Jews from his consulate in Kaunas , Lithuania , in August 1940 , in defiance of his own government ( Japan ) , thereby allowing an estimated 6,000 individuals to escape the impending Holocaust .
Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer, who is known as "The Japanese Schindler", and was a Japanese government official who served as vice consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania?
Visas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer , who is known as " The Japanese Schindler " , and was a Japanese government official who served as vice consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania ?
Chiune Sugihara
Chiune Sugihara