
Chiune Sugihara served as vice-consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania at the beginning of WWII. Sugihara issued over 2,000 transit visas to Jews during the Holocaust. (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images
Chiune Sugihara served as vice-consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania at the beginning of WWII. Sugihara issued over 2,000 transit visas to Jews during the Holocaust. (The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images