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  Chiune Sugihara: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Chiune Sugihara also served in the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a translator for Japanese legation in Helsinki (The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center), Finland (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917).
Sugihara and his wife continued to hand-write visas (reportedly spending 18-20 hours a day on them, producing a normal month's worth of visas each day) until September 4, when he had to leave his post for Berlin (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) before the consulate was closed.
Sugihara Street in Kaunas, Lithuania and the asteroid (Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)) 25893 Sugihara are named after him.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chiune_sugihara.htm   (1379 words)

  
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During the past 22 years, he has acted as a bridge between East and West and literally sailed the seven seas, helping countless travelers experience Jewish interest tours and cruises to the seven continents.
Author of 34 books on Judaica, Rabbi Tokayer's book, The Fugu Plan, the story of Chiune Suhigara, Japan’s “unsung Schindler” who saved many thousands of lives during the Holocaust, is currently in paperback and will soon be a motion picture.
Born and raised in the Far East, Amiel grew up in the exotic world of Chiune Sugihara, Israel Epstein, Two-Gun Cohen, Jacob Schiff, the Kadoories and other giants that made up the fabric of the Jewish experience in Asia.
www.jewisheyes.com /asia.htm   (1016 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The True Forgotten HOLOCAUST of JAPAN -- More than Nanking!!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
And, according to this book, they were made in five languages and distributed to all over the world!!
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust
Do you know SUGIHARA WAS AWARDED a decoration for his career BY IMPERIAL JAPAN in "1944"?
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2V6FSY8KIB85N   (900 words)

  
 China Jewish Heritage Tours with Joy Katzen-Guthrie: Jewish-Chinese Links
Author Finds Startling Details in Saga of Sugihara and Jews
, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C. Chiune Sugihara's Strange Conspiracy of Goodness
Yukiko Sugihara, Soka Gakkai International Quarterly, December 1997
www.joyfulnoise.net /JoyChina51.html   (3624 words)

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