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The museums and organizations that preserve Chiune Sugihara's memory, and the books, films, and articles that tell his story and the story of the Kaunas escape — in English, Japanese, and beyond.

Museums & Organizations · Books · Films · Articles & Archives

Museums & Organizations

The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall at Yaotsu, Gifu
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall
Yaotsu, Gifu · Japan
In Sugihara's birthplace, beside the Hill of Humanity park — a re-creation of his Kaunas consulate office and the story of his life.
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The re-created consular desk at Sugihara House, Kaunas
Sugihara House (Sugihara namai)
Kaunas · Lithuania
The villa that housed the Japanese consulate in 1940, where the visas were written — now a museum run by the Sugihara Foundation.
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The Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum, Fukui
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
Tsuruga, Fukui · Japan
At the port where the refugees stepped off the ship from Vladivostok — telling the story of their arrival in Japan.
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Signed portrait of Chiune Sugihara
NPO Chiune Sugihara · Visas For Life
Tokyo · Japan
A non-profit dedicated to sharing Sugihara's humanitarian act with the world.
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The Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Yad Vashem
Jerusalem · Israel
The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, which named Sugihara Righteous Among the Nations in 1985.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C. · USA
Holds photographs, testimonies and documents of the Sugihara escape among its collections.
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Books · English

Cover of In Search of Sugihara
In Search of Sugihara
Hillel Levine, 1996
Biography
Cover of Visas for Life
Visas for Life
Yukiko Sugihara (trans. Hiroki Sugihara)
Memoir
Cover of The Just: How Six Unlikely Heroes Saved Thousands of Jews from the Holocaust
The Just: How Six Unlikely Heroes Saved Thousands of Jews from the Holocaust
Jan Brokken (trans. David McKay), 2021
History · Zwartendijk
Cover of Sugihara Chiune: The Duty and Humanity of an Intelligence Officer
Sugihara Chiune: The Duty and Humanity of an Intelligence Officer
Masaaki Shiraishi (trans. Gaynor Sekimori), 2021
Biography
Cover of Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma
Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma
Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, 1998
Scholarly · out of print
Cover of Emerging Heroes: WWII-Era Diplomats, Jewish Refugees, and Escape to Japan
Emerging Heroes: WWII-Era Diplomats, Jewish Refugees, and Escape to Japan
Akira Kitade, 2021
History
Cover of Escape to Shanghai: The Mir Yeshiva's Story of Survival
Escape to Shanghai: The Mir Yeshiva's Story of Survival
Nachman Seltzer, 2015
History · Mir Yeshiva
Operation: Torah Rescue — The Escape of the Mirrer Yeshiva to Shanghai
Yecheskel Leitner
Operation: Torah Rescue — The Escape of the Mirrer Yeshiva to Shanghai
Yecheskel Leitner, 1987
History · out of print
Cover of A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust
Alison Leslie Gold, 2000
Young adult
Cover of The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II
The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II
Marvin Tokayer & Mary Swartz, 1979
History
Cover of Flight and Rescue
Flight and Rescue
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2001
Exhibition book · out of print
Cover of Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Ken Mochizuki & Dom Lee, 1997
Children's

Books · 日本語 (Japanese)

六千人の命のビザ (Visas for 6,000 Lives)
杉原幸子 Yukiko Sugihara
六千人の命のビザ (Visas for 6,000 Lives)
杉原幸子 Yukiko Sugihara
回想録 · Memoir
諜報の天才・杉原千畝 (Sugihara Chiune: Genius of Intelligence)
白石仁章 Masaaki Shiraishi
諜報の天才・杉原千畝 (Sugihara Chiune: Genius of Intelligence)
白石仁章 Masaaki Shiraishi, 2011
伝記 · Biography
六千人の命を救え！外交官・杉原千畝 (Save 6,000 Lives!)
白石仁章 Masaaki Shiraishi
六千人の命を救え！外交官・杉原千畝 (Save 6,000 Lives!)
白石仁章 Masaaki Shiraishi, 2015
ノンフィクション
杉原千畝物語 命のビザをありがとう
杉原千畝を語り継ぐ会
杉原千畝物語 命のビザをありがとう
杉原千畝を語り継ぐ会
児童書 · Children's

Films & Documentaries

Cover of Persona Non Grata (杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ)
Persona Non Grata (杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ)
dir. Cellin Gluck, 2015
Feature film
Cover of Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness
Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness
dir. Robert Kirk & Diane Estelle Vicari, 2000
Documentary · PBS
Cover of Visas and Virtue
Visas and Virtue
dir. Chris Tashima, 1997
Short film · Academy Award
Cover of Shanghai Ghetto
Shanghai Ghetto
dir. Dana Janklowicz-Mann & Amir Mann, 2002
Documentary
Escape to the Rising Sun
dir. Diane Perelsztejn
Escape to the Rising Sun
dir. Diane Perelsztejn, 1990
Documentary
Cover of Searching for Sugihara
Searching for Sugihara
Short documentary
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future
Documentary
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future
Documentary

Talks & Discussions

Articles & Archives

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Museum photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall — 先従隗始 (CC0) · Sugihara House, Kaunas — David.r.1929 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum — 663highland (CC BY 2.5) · Portrait of Chiune Sugihara — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 外務省 (CC BY 4.0) · Yad Vashem — Hagai Agmon-Snir (CC BY-SA 4.0) · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Smash the Iron Cage (CC BY-SA 4.0). Book jackets and film posters are reproduced at thumbnail size to identify the editions and releases and link to their publishers, studios and distributors; all rights remain with them and with the cover artists.