CHIUNE SUGIHARA , SAVED JEWS MAXIMUM OF 40,000
CHIUNE SUGIHARA , SAVED JEWS MAXIMUM OF 40,000 நாஜிக்களிடம் இருந்து 40 ,௦௦௦ யூதர்களை கைப்பற்றிய மனிதர் ! யூதர்களுக்கு ஜப்பான் விசா கொடுத்து யூதர்களை ஜப்பானுக்கு கடத்தியவர் Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara (杉原 千畝 Sugihara Chiune, 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-Consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania. During World War II, he helped between 10,000 and 40,000 Jews leave the country by issuing transit visas so that they could travel to Japanese territory, risking his career and his family's lives. The Jews who escaped were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland or Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania. In 1985, Israel named him to the Righteous Among the Nations for his actions, the only Japanese national to be so honored. Resignation[edit] Sugihara was reassigned to Königsberg, East Prussia[10] before serving as a Consul General in Prague, Czechoslovakia, from March 1941 to late 1942 and in ...