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The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall is a museum in Yaotsu, Gifu, Japan. The museum tells visitors the story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jews while living in Kaunas, Lithuania. The museum features ten sections including a re-creation of the Japanese consulate office in Lithuania.
The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall (杉原千畝記念館, Sugihara Chiune Kinenkan) commemorates the story of Sugihara Chiune (1900-1986), a Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust by granting them visas to escape Europe.
In 2002, a memorial statue of Chiune Sugihara by Ramon G. Velazco titled "Chiune Sugihara Memorial, Hero of the Holocaust" was installed in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US. The life-size bronze statue depicts Sugihara seated on a bench and holding a hand-written visa.
A memorial hall dedicated to the virtues of morality and peace. Chiune Sugihara is a man who saved the lives of roughly 6,000 Jewish refugees, during the Second World War, by directly disobeying orders and issuing transit visas that would allow them to flee the country.
The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall, located in the deep countryside of Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, is a museum dedicated to the life and good deeds of this small town's most famous son.
Jul 19, 2023 · Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat to Lithuania from 1939 to 1940, helped thousands of Jewish refugees flee wartime Europe by issuing transit visas that allowed them to travel across the Soviet Union...
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