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Sugihara, a Conspiracy of Kindness
Nov. 18th, 2015 10:35 pmContinuing with my documentary reviews:
Sugihara, a Conspiracy of Kindness: a PBS documentary on Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees in Lithuania, against the orders of his own government, so that they could flee Europe and escape the Nazis. (I remember there was also a Japanese TV movie called 6,000 Visas for Life starring Takashi Sorimachi as Sugihara that aired on the local foreign language station years ago. I still have it on a VHS tape somewhere and will have to see if I can find it.)
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Sugihara, a Conspiracy of Kindness: a PBS documentary on Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees in Lithuania, against the orders of his own government, so that they could flee Europe and escape the Nazis. (I remember there was also a Japanese TV movie called 6,000 Visas for Life starring Takashi Sorimachi as Sugihara that aired on the local foreign language station years ago. I still have it on a VHS tape somewhere and will have to see if I can find it.)
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