Passage to freedom
Subtitle: the Sugihara story
By: written by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee ; afterword by Hiroki Sugihara.
Contributors: Lee, Dom, 1959- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986 -- Juvenile literature.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Juvenile literature.; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Juvenile literature.; Diplomats -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Description: Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.