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Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986

LC control no.nr 91008289
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Personal name headingSugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986
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Variant(s)杉原千畝, 1900-1986
Sugichara, Čijune
Sugichara, Chyjune
Other standard no.Q161381
22953110
0000000066757912
Associated countryJapan
Associated placeKaunas (Lithuania)
Birth date1900-01-01
Death date1986-07-31
Place of birthMino-shi (Japan)
Place of deathKamakura-shi (Japan)
Field of activityDiplomatic and consular service, Japanese
Profession or occupationDiplomats Consuls
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Found inSugihara, Y. Rokusennin no inochi no biza, 1990: p. 5, etc. (杉原千畝 = Sugihara Chiune; diplomat) p. 48, etc. (r: Chiune; b. 1/1/1900; d. Shōwa 61 [1986])
Wikipedia, May 18, 2022 (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 job and the lives of his family. Born in Kozuchi Town, Empire of Japan (now Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan); died in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara>
Chiune Sugihara, 2021: title page (Chiune Sugihara) page 240 (... Čijune Sugicharai; Chyjune Sugichara)
Associated languagejpn