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Chiune Sugihara (杉原 千畝, Sugihara Chiune, 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara was the first Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania. In the summer of 1940, when refugees came to him with bogus visas for Curacao and other Dutch possessions in America, Sugihara decided to facilitate their escape from war-torn Europe by granting 1,800 transit visas.
After Hitler’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany. Chiune Sugihara had barely settled down in his new post when Nazi armies invaded Poland, and a wave of Jewish refugees streamed into Lithuania.
When Nazi Germany invaded Lithuania in June 1941, the small window of escape was slammed shut. The killing of the Jews began immediately after occupation, and the majority of the Jews in the occupied territories were murdered. On October 4, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Chiune-Sempo Sugihara as Righteous Among the Nations.
Who Was Chiune Sugihara? > Interactive Timeline of Sugihara's life. Born January 1, 1900, in rural Japan, Chiune Sugihara lived during a period of extraordinary change in his home country.
Mass Rescuer: Chiune Sugihara. During WWII, the Nazi regime sought to exterminate millions of people they saw as inferior. Despite their campaign of horror, those dark days inspired some to act...
Jan 27, 2021 · Chiune Sugihara was told by his superiors not to help Jews fleeing the Holocaust in 1940. He rescued them anyway because, he decided, "this would be the right thing to do."
Oct 15, 2018 · The astonishing Chiune Sugihara raises again the questions: What shapes a moral hero? And how does someone choose to save people that others turn away? Research on those who rescued Jews during...
Chiune Sugihara. Lithuania. Kovno, Lithuania…. August 1940 – In November 1939, Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat, opened a consulate in Kovno, Lithuania. In June 1940, the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania and ordered all consulates to close by the end of August.
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara (January 1, 1900-1986) was the first Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania. In the summer of 1940, Jewish refugees from occupied Poland came to him with bogus visas for Curacao and other Dutch possessions in America.
