Visas for Life / Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. While serving as a diplomat his life turned upside down due to WW II breaking out. Defing orders from the Japanese government he issued over 6,000 transit visas which allowed Jews to leave the country and flea to safety. Sugihara returned to Japan where he was dismissed from government service and disgraced for the rest of his life. It was only after his death that his heroics became known. The book is written by his wife, and this is a little known part of WWII history.

GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Holocaust--Resistanceandrescue / Sugihara,Chiune--Biography.
Classification	d.940.441 SUG
Publisher	San Francisco, CA 94127, Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1993
Subject	Holocaust--Resistance and rescueSugihara, Chiune--Biography.Holocaust--Righteous gentilesBraveryDiplomats'spouses--Japan--Biography.Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986.Jews--Persecutions--Lithuania--Kaunas.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Kaunus.
Description	A remarkable story that deserves wider recognition. In many ways much more fascinating than the Wallenberg or Schindler stories because unlike either, he put himself at great personal risk and very much unlike Schindler, he stood to gain absolutely nothing. This is a highly personal and direct account by Yukiko Sugihara's wife that covers not only the events surrounding the issuing of the visas, but also follows the family through the rest of the war and its aftermath...
ISBN	9780964967403
URL	https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2875674-visas-for-lifehttps://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22389783?q=visas+for+life&c=book&versionId=27058940