Chiune Sugihara

Also known as Sempo Sugihara, Japanese Schindler, Sugihara Chiune, C. Sugihara

Japanese diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations (1900-1986)

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Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat born in 1900 and educated at Waseda University. He worked in Kaunas and held citizenship in Japan and the Empire of Japan. Sugihara spoke Japanese, Russian, English, and German, and practiced Shinto. He was also known by the nickname Sempo and the pseudonym Sempo Sugihara.

He received the Raoul Wallenberg Award, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, and the title Righteous Among the Nations. Sugihara died in Kamakura in 1986 from cardiovascular disease and is buried there. He had four children and is recognized in the Righteous Among The Nations collection.

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Born: ( 1900-01-01 ) 1 January 1900, Kozuchi, Gifu , Japan
Died: 31 July 1986 (1986-07-31) (aged 86), Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan
Resting place: Kamakura Cemetery
Other names: "Sempo", Sergei Pavlovich Sugihara
Occupation: Vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania
Known for: Rescue of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
Spouses: Klaudia Semionovna Apollonova ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1918 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1935 ) Yukiko Kikuchi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
Awards: Order of the Sacred Treasure , 5th Class (1944) Righteous Among the Nations (1984) Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland , 3rd Class (1996) Order of Polonia Restituta , 2nd Class (2007)

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Empire of Japan
Place of death: Kamakura
Occupation: diplomat
Educated at: Waseda University
Languages spoken: Mandarin
Native language: Japanese
Religion: Shinto
Award: Righteous Among the Nations
Field of work: diplomacy
Image: Sugihara b.jpg
Number of children: 4
Work location: Kaunas

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Commons category: Chiune Sugihara
date of birth: 1900-01-01
date of death: 1986-07-31
name in kana: すぎはらちうね
Commons gallery: Chiune Sugihara
name in native language: 杉原千畝
cause of death: cardiovascular disease
nickname: Le Schindler japonais
place of burial: Kamakura
writing language: Japanese
pseudonym: Sempo Sugihara
ethnic group: Japanese people
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Chiune Sugihara (杉原千畝, Sugihara Chiune; 1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986) was a 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, risking his career and the lives of his family. The fleeing Jews were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania.

Lithuania declared the year 2020 as "The Year of Chiune Sugihara" in his honor. Today, the estimated number of descendants of those who received "Sugihara visas" ranges between 40,000 and 100,000.

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