The unknown legacy of a Japanese hero: Chiune Sugihara

Against orders from the Japanese government, Consul Sugihara issued the Jews of Kovno thousands of transit visas, allowing the recipients passage through the Soviet Union and Japan.

NOBUKI SUGIHARA, son of Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara (in black and white picture), who helped save thousands of Lithuanian Jews in World War II, speaks during a street-naming ceremony in honor of his father in Netanya, earlier this month.

(photo credit: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER)

ByGILAD KABILO

JUNE 29, 2016 20:46

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