Sugihara is the definitive telling of this moving story and a monument to a. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. After getting barred from russia, a japanese diplomat used his position to issue thousands of visas to jewish refugees, saving countless lives. Against his countrys orders, a japanese diplomat in lithuania issues visas to jewish refugees, saving over 6,000 lives at the outbreak of world war ii.
In persona non grata the heros halo must remain untarnished and the brighter it glows, the deeper the movie sinks into treacle, with no. Chiune sugihara, and his wife yukiko, are honored as righteous gentilesfor their efforts to save jews during the holocaust in the course of human existence, many people are tested. In 1920 there were 12 sugihara families living in hawaii. Holocaust rescue story by japanese diplomat chiune sugihara. Companion web site to the pbs documentary sugihara. Subtitles sugihara chiune english srt free download. Chiune sugihara was a japanese diplomat who was stationed at a consulate in kaunas. Sugihara station sugihara station, sugiharaeki is a railway station on the takayama main line in the city of hida, gifu prefecture, japan, operated by central japan railway company jr central. Only a few soar as eagles and achieve greatness by simple acts of kindness, thoughtfulness and humanity. During his time at the japanese consulate in lithuania, sugihara. You can see how sugihara families moved over time by selecting different census years. Licensed to youtube by haawk for a 3rd party on behalf of trailer beast music bmi 75%, jefandyo music ascap 25%. Visas for life yukiko sugihara, lani silver, eric saul, hiroki sugihara, anne hoshiko akabori, sir edmund l. On july 31 1986, chiune sugihara passed away peacefully in a japanese hospital.
In the video wife of righteous among the nations sempo sugihara of japan, produced by yad vashem, yukiko sugihara describes the events and ideas that led to her husbands decision to write passage visas that helped thousands of jewish refugees escape. During his time at the japanese consulate in lithuania, sugihara issued more than 2,000. Conspiracy of kindness, with an interactive timeline examining sugiharas travels and key historical events that influenced his life. About chiune sugiharathe chiune sugihara memorial hall. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Movies based on real life, japanese movies, dramas. It stars karasawa toshiaki as the japanese viceconsul in lithuania, known to those he aided as senpo an easyto. In november 1939, chiunesempo sugihara, a japanese career diplomat, was sent to kovno kaunas, then the capital of lithuania, to serve as japans consul. Chiune sugihara 1 january 1900 31 july 1986 was a japanese diplomat, serving as vice consul for the japanese empire in lithuania. In november 1939, chiune sempo sugihara, a japanese career diplomat, was sent to kovno kaunas, then the capital of lithuania, to serve as japans consul. It was a hot summer day in lithuania, in the year 1940.
All you need to do is click on the appropriate link, download the free subtitles, and attach them to your video. With the help of modern technology, we present unique moments of chiune sugiharas life, stories of those who were rescued by him. Subscribe to our channel so you never miss a video. The new motion picture sugihara chiune persona non grata, which opened in japanese movie theaters on december 5, tells the story of the diplomats quiet battle to provide thousands of desperate refugees with a means of escape. Chiune sugihara, and his wife yukiko, are honored as righteous gentiles for their efforts to save jews during the holocaust in the course of human existence, many people are tested. He was one of those who appeared to have no discernible motivation other than just wanting to do what was right, and came to be known as the japanese. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Chiune sugihara, japan diplomat who saved 6,000 jews. Now youll be able to watch and understand any movie or show. Haawk publishing, and 8 music rights societies song. In the sugihara house, visitors are presented with an uptodate audiovisual exposition in the hisctorical rooms of the former consulate. Chiune sugihara was a diplomat who issued visas for jewish refugees, saving 6000 lives in the early years of world war ii. Chiune sugihara united states holocaust memorial museum.
Japanese schindler who saved 6,000 lives during world. But in 1968, a survivor who had become an israeli diplomat, joshua nishri, finally made contact. He arranged for the safe passage of jews from lithuania. A man of great moral character, chiune sugihara was moved by compassion after witnessing the dire needs of the jewish population during world war ii. There was no way chiune could know that he would one day save the lives of thousands of jews and become a great hero to the jewish people. Chiune sugihara the japanese schindler finally honored. This quiet, unassuming family man singlehandedly saved the lives of at least 6,000 jews during world war ii, and while he is one of many hundreds of people that could not reconcile their own code of morality with that of their governments at that time, his efforts to rescue people have gone largely unnoticed by. The mildmannered and humble chiune sugihara became. The most sugihara families were found in the usa in 1920. Sugihara chiune, january 1, 1900 july 31, 1986 was a japanese diplomat who saved jews during the world war ii when he was a japanese consul to lithuania. Persona non grata the chiune sugihara story youtube.
Chiune risked his own safety and career to save the lives of thousands. A japanese diplomat working in lithuania during ww2 attempts to save the jews from nazi cruelty by granting them transit visas to japan. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing sugihara near you. At about that time, hitler had risen to power as the nazi dictator in europe and was endangering the lives of the jewish people. This was about 44% of all the recorded sugiharas in the usa. Chiune sugihara was a diplomat who left japan to work in lithuania, a small country in eastern europe. Instead he was serially posted to smaller european countries originally to spy on the military activities of the ussr and nazi germany and then later to be kept. Following the man sometimes called the schindler of japan, this film details the life of chiune sugihara, a diplomat and intelligence agent for the empire of japan in the years leading up to and spanning the second world war. Includes home movies, photographs, film footage, and interviews with holocaust survivors who owe their lives to chiune sugihara. In 1940, yukiko sugihara was with her husband, the japanese consul chiune sugihara, in kaunas kovnolithuanias capital between the wars. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Chiune sugihara timelineabout chiune sugiharathe chiune. As part of his job, he was to monitor the maneuvers of the german army across the border, so that japanese headquarters would know in advance of the anticipated german attack on the soviet. Chiune sugihara was standing in hanushkas store and overheard their conversation.
Tells the story of chiune sugihara and the transit visas he issued that allowed hundreds of jewish families to flee europe through russia to japan and other countries. The film was shot in poland where most of the jewish refugees whose lives he saved had escaped from to lithuania. He peered through the curtains of his bedroom window just before 6 a. Chiune sugihara was a japanese government official who served as vice consul for the japanese empire in lithuania.
Hero of the holocaust is a biography of chiune sugihara, a japanese consul in lithuania who saved the lives of thousands of jews during world war ii. A 90minute historical documentary that tells the remarkable story of chiune sugihara and the jewish refugees that he helped save. Sugihara chiune persona non grata 2015 rotten tomatoes. Chiune sugihara, a japanese vice consul stationed in lithuania, was sitting in his office when he decided to open his bedroom window. Graduates from the fifth junior high school in aichi prefecture. He never knew if anything came of them and survivors had no luck finding him. After its world premiere in lithuania in october 2015, a new film about japanese diplomat chiune sugihara, persona non grata, made its u. The museum exhibits documents brought from japanese archives. Sugihara conspiracy of kindness this is an amazing story of how one mans actions saved the lives of thousands of people during the holocaust. Harbin diplomat period 19391940 his potential abilities were recognized in harbin and he began his promising career as a diplomat there. Solly, who had never seen an asian person before, simply stared at this welldressed, distinguished stranger. New film about chiune sugihara, the japanese schindler. Chiune sugihara, who worked odd jobs after returning to japan and later was employed by a trading company in russia, worked in obscurity and never spoke of the visas. Sugihara chiune became an acknowledged expert on the culturelanguage of the ussr with the objective of securing a diplomatic posting there just prior to wwii.
Chiune sugihara risked his life to help thousands of jews flee europe by issuing transit visas. Sugihara defied his own country and wrote over 2,000 visas to allow jews to be saved from certain death. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime. The movies name is persona non grata japanese movie title. Chiune sugihara, japanese consul in kaunas, lithuania, awoke on the morning of july 18, 1940, to a disturbing sight. Father changes jobs thereafter, resulting in his living in mie prefecture and nagoya city. When chiune sugihara was growing up in japan, he had never even met a jewish person. This simple but heroic story tells the truelife events that shaped the lives of one japanese family and thousands of polish jews. Holocaust rescue story by japanese diplomat chiune sugihara gianfranco tosto. The sugihara family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1911 and 1920.
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