A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Chiune Sugihara: Unsung Hero of the Holocaust
Author(s): Philip Pinkus
A largely unknown hero of the Holocaust, Chiune Sugihara saved the lives of over 6,000 Jews in Lithuania. At the beginning of WWII, Chiune Sugihara served as Vice-Consul for Japan in Kovno, Lithuania. In 1940, Sugihara became aware of the dangers facing the Jewish population of Lithuania and, going against regulations set out by the Japanese government, he began to issue transit visas to Jewish refugees so that they could escape Europe and travel to Japan. In doing so, he risked not only his career, but also his life and the lives of his family.
Format:One-man play
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Nationality of Author:Canadian
Experience(s) Chronicled:Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Escape | Resistance | Righteous Gentiles | Rescue
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