Chiune Sugihara's Life During The Holocaust

During the Holocaust, there were many people who knew of the crimes that the Nazis were committing against the Jews. Out of the many people who stood up against Germany, Chiune Sugihara was one them. Since he was working as a diplomat, he was able to distribute train visas to help people escape the country. Sugihara was able save more than 2,000 Jews from the Holocaust in 1940.

Chiune Sugihara was born on January 1st, 1900 in Mino, Gifu Prefecture in Japan. His parents were Yoshimi Sugihara and Yatsu Sugihara. He was a Japanese Diplomat that worked in Russia for the duration of WWII as a translator. He negotiated with the Soviet Union since he spoke fluent Russian. There, he married his first wife, Klaudia Semionova Apollanova, in 1919, before divorcing in 1935. He then married Yukiko Kikuchi in 1936. He had 4 children, Hiroki Sugihara, Nobuki Sugihara, Chiaki Sugihara, and Haruki Sugihara. Chiune Sugihara was declared "Righteous Among The Nations" in 1984, Then he died the following year. …show more content…
Sugihara described it as utter havoc as people desperately tried to flee from Berlin. At this moment of time, Chiune was working with the Soviet Union, and had been managing transit stations. He oversaw the decision of who could leave by giving out