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Righteous Among the Nations: Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara

Jews waiting for visas in front of the Japanese Consulate in Kovno
Jews waiting for visas in front of the Japanese Consulate in Kovno

Sempo Sugihara
Sempo Sugihara

Jewish Refugees from Europe in one of the ‘Houses’ Established in Shanghai in the Early 1940’s
Jewish Refugees from Europe in one of the ‘Houses’ Established in Shanghai in the Early 1940’s

Sugihara (left) meets with Zerah Warhaftig after the war
Sugihara (left) meets with Zerah Warhaftig after the war

Shanghai, China, Jewish Refugees in a Government Office
Shanghai, China, Jewish Refugees in a Government Office

Monument Commemorating Jewish Refugees Living in the Hongkou District of Shanghai during WWII
Monument Commemorating Jewish Refugees Living in the Hongkou District of Shanghai during WWII

  1. “Pacific Sunday”, June 23, 1985, p. 4.
  2. Yad Vashem, Dept. Righteous Among the Nations. File 2861.
  3. Visas for Life Exhibit, Yad Vashem, Simon Weisenthal Centre,and Museum of Tolerance, 2.8.00.
  4. Yad Vashem, Department of Righteous Among the Nations.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Except for the acting Dutch consul, Mr. Jan Zwartendijk, posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1997.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Visas for Life Exhibit, Yad Vashem, Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Museum of Tolerance, 2.8.00. 
  9. Ibid.
  10. Zorach Warhaftig, Refugee and Survivor, Rescue Efforts During the Holocaust. Yad Vashem, & Torah Education Department of the World Zionist Organisation . Jerusalem 1988, p. 140.