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Sugihara issued life-saving visa from 1940

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    Posted 9 years ago

    huddyhuddy
    (112 items)

    Life-saving visa inside a Czech passport that was used to help the holder escape to China during 1940 and 1941. Famed Japanese diplomat Sugihara assisted over two thousand Jews survive the war by issuing them these visas.

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