Chiune Sugihara

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Chiune Sugihara
杉原 千畝
A photographic portrait of Chiune Sugihara.
Sugihara, before 1945
Born(1900-01-01)1 January 1900
Kozuchi Town, Empire of Japan (now Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Died31 July 1986(1986-07-31) (aged 86)
Resting placeKamakura Cemetery
Other names"Sempo", Sergei Pavlovich Sugihara
OccupationVice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania
Known forRescue of 5,558 Jews during the Holocaust
Spouse(s)
  • Klaudia Semionovna Apollonova
    (m. 1918; div. 1935)
  • Yukiko Kikuchi (m. 1936)
Children4
Awards

Sugihara was born in Yaotsu, Gifu. He was first married to Klaudia Semionovna Apollonova until their divorce in 1935. He was later married to Yukiko Sugihara. They had four sons.

Sugihara died on 31 July 1986 at a hospital in Kamakura. He was 86.[1]

Chiune Sugihara Media

References

  1. "Chiune Sugihara: man of conscience". The Japan Times. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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