Passage+to+Freedom

=//**Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story**// = Written by Ken Mochizuki; Illustrated by Dom Lee; Afterword by Hiroki Sugihara Available in Spanish: //Pasaje a la Libertad: La Historia De Chiune Sugihara//

Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul to Lithuania in 1940, saved hundreds of Jewish refugees by personally writing out visas that allowed them to escape the Nazis.

**[|Visa for Life] -- a website providing pictures and background information about Chiune Sugihara**

**[|Yad Vashem website] -- Chiune Sugiuhara was the first and only Asian to be chosen to receive the "Righteous Among Nations" Award from Yad Vashem. **

** [|Kids Web Japan] -- learn about the Japanese language as well as other aspects of Japan. **

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