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- Title
SUGIHARA CHIUNE IN ISRAEL: A DELAYED RECEPTION.
- Authors
KOWNER, ROTEM
- Abstract
This article focuses on the reception in Israel of Sugihara Chiune, a Japanese diplomat who served in Kaunas in 1939-40 and granted transit visa to several thousands of refugees, mostly Jews. The article explains the mechanisms that influenced the recognition of Sugihara in Yad Vashem during a 16-year hiatus since his name first reached this institution. It also argues that the key for the reception of Sugihara in Israel was his recognition by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations. Once this recognition was made, it allowed further tokens of recognition that affected his status overseas too.
- Subjects
SUGIHARA, Chiune, 1900-1986; JAPANESE foreign relations; VISAS; LEGAL status of Jews; JEWISH refugees; HOLOCAUST, 1939-1945; JAPANESE history, 1912-1945
- Publication
Darbai ir Dienos, 2017, Issue 67, p239
- ISSN
1392-0588
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7220/2335-8769.67.14