Born:

January 01, 1900

Died:

July 31, 1986

Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory.

Mentioned in

• A Photographic Record of German-Jewish Refugees in Kobe, 1940: The Escape Journey of the Katzenstein Family (Megumi Ishiida)