Sugihara biography
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Chiune Sugihara
Japanese diplomat (1900–1986)
Chiune Sugihara | |
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Sugihara, before 1945 | |
| Born | (1900-01-01)1 January 1900 Kozuchi, Gifu, Japan |
| Died | 31 July 1986(1986-07-31) (aged 86) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Resting place | Kamakura Cemetery |
| Other names | "Sempo", Sergei Pavlovich Sugihara |
| Occupation | Vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania |
| Known for | Rescue of 5,558 Jews during the Holocaust |
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| Children | 4 |
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Chiune Sugihara (杉原 千畝, Sugihara Chiune, 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986)[1] was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania.
During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel throu