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Story of Sempo Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of visas during World War II, allowing Jews to escape the Nazis....
1900 – 1986
杉原千畝 Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara
Japanese Diplomat Who Saved the Lives of 6,000 Jewish People
Early Life
| 1900 | Born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
| 1918 | Enrolled in the First English Preparatory Program at Waseda University’s Advanced Teacher’s College |
| 1919 | Withdrew from Waseda University to study abroad at the Nichiro Kyokai Gakko (Russo-Japanese Association School) on a government scholarship |
| 1939 | Appointed to serve in the Japanese Consulate of Kaunas in Lithuania |
| 1940 | Continues to issue visas in Japanese currency to Jewish refugees gathering at the Japanese Consulate |
| 1947 | After the war, he retired due to the problem of visas being issued against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs policy. Spent the rest of his life as a businessman, among other roles. |
About the Holocaust Against Jewish People
Sugihara saved the lives of over 6,000 Jewish people from the Holocaust, which was a state-sponsored, systematic genocide and persecution of