Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

from matthewbloome

This true story of a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII that signs visas for 10,000 Jewish refugees from Poland to escape the Nazis that pursue them is truly a story of heroism. The illustrations are amazing and unusual. The writing is great. What a book. I cannot praise this book highly ...

from librarianlou

In this "Schindler's List" true story, a young boy remembers his father's heroic actions to save a group of people from certain death at the hands of the Nazis.

from conuly

This is the true story - told through the eyes of his young son - of Chiune Sugihara, who saved the lives of several thousand Jews in Lithuania during the Holocaust by issuing visas for them, even though his government had told him not to, literally writing until the day he had to leave Lithuania...

from engpunk77

I never knew about this hero who forced Japan to allow thousands of Jews to seek refuge there. A warm, inspiring story about a dark period in history.

from cedyr

Why did one Japanese in Lithuania tried to save Jew? What's in common between Japanese and Jew? or Lithuania and Japan. Honestly I don't know, or maybe none. But does it matter? Two proverbs on the back of this book says all. If you save the life of one person, it is as if you saved the world ent...