Emerging Heroes : WWII-Era Diplomats, Jewish Refugees, and Escape to Japan

Kitade, Akira/ Ratajczak, Donna (EDT)/ Katz, Kuniko (TRN)

Academic Studies Press（2022/07発売）

Academic Studies Press（2022/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 156 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781644698693
• DDC分類 940.53180952

Full Description

Inspired by seven photographs of WWII refugees in an old album, the author embarked on a quest to uncover the story behind each portrait. Had the refugees been rescued by the diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust by providing Japanese transit visas? Searching for the identities of the people in the photographs, the author scoured historical records and interviewed numerous fascinating individuals, including Sugihara visa recipients and their descendants. While solving the mystery of the people in the photographs, the author uncovered more hero diplomats and new details about Sugihara visas. This account of the author's investigation supports the legacy of Chiune Sugihara and highlights other WWII saviors, such as the Dutch diplomat Jan Zwartendijk. 

Contents

Message from the Mayor of Tsuruga City
Takanobu Fuchikami

Foreword
Harriet P. Schleifer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Encounter with an Album
2. The Sugihara Survivors I Met, and the Follow-Up
3. People in the Album Whose Identities Were Discovered
4. Jan Zwartendijk, Consul of the Netherlands in Kaunas
5. Saburo Nei, Acting Consul General in Vladivostok
6. N. A. J. de Voogd, Consul of the Netherlands in Kobe, Later Ambassador of the Netherlands to Japan
7. Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, Ambassador to the Soviet Union
8. Tadeusz Romer, Polish Ambassador to Japan
9. Tracking Down the 2,139 People on the Sugihara List 

Conclusion
List of Major References