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A special fate : Chiune Sugihara, hero of the Holocaust /

A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Lithuania, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gold, Alison Leslie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Sugihara, Chiune, > 1900-1986 > Juvenile literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Diplomats > Japan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Jews > Persecutions > Lithuania > Kaunas > Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Lithuania > Kaunas > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Lithuania > Kaunas > Juvenile literature.
Sugihara, Chiune, > 1900-1986.
Diplomats.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Lithuania.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue.
Description
Summary:A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Lithuania, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors.
Physical Description:xi, 176 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2001.
ISBN:0590395254 (hc)
0590395416 (pbk.)