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In 1939, as Hitler advanced through Eastern Europe and Jews fled, Japanese diplomat CHIUNE SUGIHARA decided that he would provide handwritten (in Japanese) passports to thousands of others. He risked his career and ultimately was punished and by the time he returned to his family he was a changed man, for the worse, unsmiling and perhaps depressed.
He was the Japanese Counsul to Litrhuania and more than 2000 Sughihara visas allowed families to flee through Russia to Japan and then abroad. He is the Japanese Shindler. For today there are at least 40,000 people alive due to his decision to act upon his innermost values.
In a case like this I always hope that this person has their reward in the afterlife and in future incarnations.
