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Chiune Sugihara (杉原千畝 Sugihara Chiune?, 1 de enero de 1900 – 31 de julio de 1986) fue un diplomático japonés que ejerció de vicecónsul del Imperio del Japón en Lituania.
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. 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 ...
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara, nacido el 1 de enero de 1900, fue el primer diplomático japonés enviado a Lituania. Nació en el seno de una familia de clase media en la Prefectura de Gifu, en la isla japonesa principal de Honshu. A veces también se conoce a Sugihara como “Chiune”, una interpretación anterior de la grafía japonesa para ...
Learn about Chiune Sugihara, the first Japanese consul in Lithuania who issued transit visas to thousands of refugees fleeing Nazi persecution in 1940. Find out how he defied his superiors, faced Soviet arrest and was honored as a "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem.
Los visados otorgados por Sugihara salvaron las vidas de muchos judíos de manos de los nazis, que invadieron Lituania en 1941. En 1984 Yad Vashem otorgó a Chiune-Sempo Sugihara el título de Justo de las Naciones. Dos años más tarde falleció. Hoy en día es considerado un héroe en su país.
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of transit visas to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution in Lithuania in 1940. He defied his superiors' orders and risked his career to help the refugees escape to Curacao and survive the war.
Learn about the heroic story of Chiune Sugihara, who issued thousands of transit visas to Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe in 1940. Discover how he defied his government, risked his career, and became a Righteous Gentile.
