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Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry
Sugihara, Seishiro; Hu, Norman
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Description for Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJM; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
When the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in September of 1939, thousands of Jews fled Poland into Lithuania and fled across the USSR to Japan. With the help of Jan Zwartendijk, acting Dutch consul, and Chiune Sugihara, Japan's vice consul in Lithuania, the refugees obtained documents for their perilous escape from Nazi persecution. From Japan, many refugees moved on to Dutch-controlled Curacao or other final destinations. Decades after the war, and one year before his death in 1986, Sugihara was finally honored by Israel with the "Righteous Among the Nations" Award for the help he gave to ... Read more
When the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in September of 1939, thousands of Jews fled Poland into Lithuania and fled across the USSR to Japan. With the help of Jan Zwartendijk, acting Dutch consul, and Chiune Sugihara, Japan's vice consul in Lithuania, the refugees obtained documents for their perilous escape from Nazi persecution. From Japan, many refugees moved on to Dutch-controlled Curacao or other final destinations. Decades after the war, and one year before his death in 1986, Sugihara was finally honored by Israel with the "Righteous Among the Nations" Award for the help he gave to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761819714
SKU
V9780761819714
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About Sugihara, Seishiro; Hu, Norman
Seishiro Sugihara is Professor at Musashino Women's College, Tokyo.
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