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January 8, 2018

Chiune Sugihara Saved Thousands of Jews during World War II, Without Defying His Government

Separating myth from fact about Japan’s great righteous Gentile.

On the eve of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara wrote thousands of visas for Polish Jews, allowing them to escape to the Far East and thus avoid Hitler’s grasp. Since his heroic actions began receiving public attention in the late 1960s, the facts about his story have gotten mixed up with a number of myths. Amanda Borschel-Dan seeks to set the record straight:

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