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Chiune Sugihara (杉原千畝, Sugihara Chiune?, 1 de enero de 1900 – 31 de julio de 1986) fue un diplomático japonés que ejerció de vicecónsul del Imperio del Japón en Lituania.
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara, nacido el 1 de enero de 1900, fue el primer diplomático japonés enviado a Lituania. Nació en el seno de una familia de clase media en la Prefectura de Gifu, en la isla japonesa principal de Honshu.
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.
Los visados otorgados por Sugihara salvaron las vidas de muchos judíos de manos de los nazis, que invadieron Lituania en 1941. En 1984 Yad Vashem otorgó a Chiune-Sempo Sugihara el título de Justo de las Naciones. Dos años más tarde falleció. Hoy en día es considerado un héroe en su país.
Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara was the first Japanese diplomat posted to Lithuania. In the summer of 1940, when refugees came to him with bogus visas for Curacao and other Dutch possessions in America, Sugihara decided to facilitate their escape from war-torn Europe by granting 1,800 transit visas.
Chiune Sugihara, and his wife Yukiko, are honored as “Righteous Gentiles” for their efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust. In the course of human existence, many people are tested. Only a few soar as eagles and achieve greatness through simple acts of kindness, thoughtfulness, and humanity.
In November 1939, Chiune-Sempo Sugihara, a Japanese career diplomat, was sent to Kovno (Kaunas), then the capital of Lithuania, to serve as Japan's Consul. As part of his job, he was to monitor the maneuvers of the German Army across the border, so that Japanese headquarters would know in advance of the anticipated German attack on the Soviet ...
