A Japanese Holocaust Rescuer
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[…]”Do you remember this?” One day in August 1968, the event happened unexpectedly. A gentleman came over to Sugihara Chiune suddenly. Showing Sugihara one tattered piece of paper, this gentleman asked him, “Do you remember this, Mr. Sugihara?” The piece of paper was the transit visa that Sugihara issued in Kaunas, Lithuania 28 years ago. “At last, I found you, Mr. Sugihara. We still can’t forget you.” This gentleman’s name is B.Gehashra Nishri. B.Gehashra Nishri was the counsellor for Israeli embassy in Japan. B.Gehashra Nishri had been looking for Sugihara Chiune since that station. That station was Kaunas’ rail station in Lithuania.
In 1985, Sugihara ‘Senpo’ Chiune was given the title of “the Righteous Among the Nations”for his contribution to rescue more than 6,000 Jewish from Holocaust by the government of Israel.[…]
May he rest in peace.