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A Special Fate
Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust
By Gold, Alison Leslie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-59039-525-0
- Publisher
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2000
Gr 5-10 A moving account of an unlikely hero. Sugihara single-handedly saved thousands of Jewish lives during the Holocaust. With the support of his wife, he issued exit visas while stationed as a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. Risking his own life and those of his family members, he responded to the call to help fellow human beings. Ignoring the orders of the Japanese foreign ministry, he handwrote thousands of documents so that Jews could flee Lithuania to travel through Russia to ge...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
