“To tell the truth, I thought about it all night. After struggling and agonizing, I concluded that humanity is paramount. Then, fearing nothing, I decided to issue those visas.”-Chiune Sugihara (Leslie). Based on this quote, it shows he followed his morals and did what he thought was right. Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania during the time of the Holocaust. While Sugihara resided in his consulate building doing his job as a diplomat, he saw many atrocities happening to the Jews in Europe. He struggled with the concept of issuing visas to the Jewish community because he was unsure about disobeying his government's orders. Because of Sugihara's brave decision to go against the anti-Semitism in Europe, he was able to save 8,000 Jews from being annihilated. Chiune Sugihara took a stand in history when he made transit visas for European Jews, granting freedom for Jewish refugees.
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On the first try, Sugihara passed the test, and was asked what he wanted to major in. He chose Russian literature and was sent to Harbin, China to study at their university, starting the beginning of his government career (Leslie 6-7). Graduating with all honors, Chiune learned English, Chinese, French, German, and Russian, and immediately became an interpreter at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs because of his skill (Leslie 8-10). In no time he began to rise in power and became the Vice Minister of the Manchurian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He stayed with that job until he saw how the Japanese were mistreating the Chinese, so he resigned in protest of their violence (Schoenberg). The Japanese government forgave him because World War Two was in the loom and they needed to send him to Lithuania as a consul (Hashi). Sugihara decided that he was going to Lithuania not because his government wanted him to, but because he wanted to pursue his career as a
On the first try, Sugihara passed the test, and was asked what he wanted to major in. He chose Russian literature and was sent to Harbin, China to study at their university, starting the beginning of his government career (Leslie 6-7). Graduating with all honors, Chiune learned English, Chinese, French, German, and Russian, and immediately became an interpreter at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs because of his skill (Leslie 8-10). In no time he began to rise in power and became the Vice Minister of the Manchurian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He stayed with that job until he saw how the Japanese were mistreating the Chinese, so he resigned in protest of their violence (Schoenberg). The Japanese government forgave him because World War Two was in the loom and they needed to send him to Lithuania as a consul (Hashi). Sugihara decided that he was going to Lithuania not because his government wanted him to, but because he wanted to pursue his career as a