Chiune Sugihara
A Japanese diplomat in Lithuania, Sugihara issued thousands of transit visas to Jewish refugees in defiance of his government.

Curated by
Glen Kerby
Founder, I Drink Living Water
“I chose Sugihara because the whole story is in his hands — he hand-wrote visas eighteen hours a day, against his own government, and passed the last ones through the train window as he left. He never called it heroism; he called it the only thing a person could do. Amplifying him keeps Sugihara House — and HIAS, still doing this work for refugees today — in the light too.”
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