Polish Ambassador to Japan Jacek Izydorczyk on Wednesday toured the city of Tsuruga, where a large number of Jewish refugees landed after a Japanese diplomat risked his career by issuing visas that allowed them to escape Nazi persecution.The diplomat, Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), is said to have violated orders from his superiors to issue transit visas to some 6,000 Jews while serving as acting consul to Lithuania in 1940. Many of the refugees who landed at the Fukui Prefecture city were from Poland, where the Nazi-run Auschwitz concentration camp was located during World War II.Tsuruga is …READ FULL ARTICLE
