Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

Title

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

Subject

Sugihara, Chiune, -- 1900-1986 -- Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Juvenile literature. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Juvenile literature. Diplomats -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Description

Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.

Creator

Mochizuki, Ken

Publisher

Lee and Low Books, Inc.

Date

1997

Type

D804.3 .M63

Identifier

2003.500.3124

Collection