1900 - 1986
Chiune Sugihara Japanese Diplomat
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| First Name |
Chiune
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| Last Name |
Sugihara
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| Birthday |
1st January, 1900
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| Birthplace |
Yaotsu, Gifu, Japan
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| Died |
31st July, 1986
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| Place of Death |
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
Japanese
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| Occupation Text |
Vice-Consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania
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| Occupation |
Diplomat
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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. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped about 6,000 Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory, risking his job and the lives of his family. The fleeing Jews were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania. In 1985, the State of Israel honored Sugihara as one of the Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: חסידי אומות העולם) for his actions. He is the only Japanese national to have been so honored. The year 2020 is "The Year of Chiune Sugihara" in Lithuania. It has been estimated as many as 100,000 people alive today are the descendants of the recipients of Sugihara visas.
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