Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
Why can’t we have a movie about him?
He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.
His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign – officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.
He didn’t simply grant visas – he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.
He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.
Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.
It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.
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Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
Why can’t we have a movie about him?
He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.
His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign – officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.
He didn’t simply grant visas – he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.
He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.
Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.
It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.
Because only fetuses have the right to life, liberty and happiness. Because you know, people with uteri might not want or desire this for themselves, like… ever.
When you really think about it…
That’s interesting, because last I checked, fetuses weren’t capable of depriving their mothers of their rights to life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. They also aren’t capable of killing anyone or bringing themselves into existence, so there goes that theory.
If you don’t like a comparison, you should refute it with logic instead of carelessly throwing around words like ‘racist.’
Okay so here’s a few exampes of how fetuses do this:
Life: Childbirth is 14x more dangerous than abortion. Childbirth kills women* every single year. Oh I forgot, you don’t care about the fact that THOSE are lives too.
Liberty: Are you saying that the fourteen year old rape victim who gets pregnant is ‘free’ when she is forced to give birth to her rapists child? Sounds pretty opressive to me.
Persuit of Happiness: The majority of women* who get an abortion report feelings of relief. And nearly every woman* who is turned away and denied abortion say they wished they had recieved the abortion. Sounds like the women* getting abortions are actually happier than the women* who seek one and are denied.
I try using logic but frankly you ignore everything anyone actually says and whine about how you’re not really a racist for compring a group of people who can feel, understand and are autonomous to fetuses. Fetuses who are non-autonomous, can’t feel pain and can’t understand anything.
You are almost directly saying people of colour can not understand things or feel pain or emotions and that they are not sentient when you compare them to fetuses. That’s racist.
That was an interesting read. But you didn’t really need to spend all that time typing, because you still didn’t prove a single point.
“here’s a few exampes of how fetuses do this:”
Life: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of life, because death by childbirth is never the unborn child’s fault.
Liberty: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of liberty because conception due to rape is never the unborn child’s fault.
Pursuit of Happiness: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of happiness, unless you’re saying that it’s okay for a child to die for the sake of their mother’s happiness? “Whatever makes mommy happy?”
No, you’re trying to justify killing the fetus. If you were using logic, you would understand that in comparing abortion to the Pacific slave trade, I am not minimizing the suffering of one group. I’m just refusing to erase the suffering of the other. (The reason this bothers you is because, in order to have a clean conscious, you have to erase the suffering of the latter. You can’t acknowledge that the unborn are people, because then your religious dedication to abortion becomes abominable.)
In short, I’m not being racist; you’re being ageist. But thanks anyway for taking this time to talk with me and spread the truth about abortion by reblogging my post. 🙂
Have a great night!
A//AReblogging because that prolife comment above kicked ass.
Because only fetuses have the right to life, liberty and happiness. Because you know, people with uteri might not want or desire this for themselves, like… ever.
When you really think about it…
That’s interesting, because last I checked, fetuses weren’t capable of depriving their mothers of their rights to life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. They also aren’t capable of killing anyone or bringing themselves into existence, so there goes that theory.
If you don’t like a comparison, you should refute it with logic instead of carelessly throwing around words like ‘racist.’
Okay so here’s a few exampes of how fetuses do this:
Life: Childbirth is 14x more dangerous than abortion. Childbirth kills women* every single year. Oh I forgot, you don’t care about the fact that THOSE are lives too.
Liberty: Are you saying that the fourteen year old rape victim who gets pregnant is ‘free’ when she is forced to give birth to her rapists child? Sounds pretty opressive to me.
Persuit of Happiness: The majority of women* who get an abortion report feelings of relief. And nearly every woman* who is turned away and denied abortion say they wished they had recieved the abortion. Sounds like the women* getting abortions are actually happier than the women* who seek one and are denied.
I try using logic but frankly you ignore everything anyone actually says and whine about how you’re not really a racist for compring a group of people who can feel, understand and are autonomous to fetuses. Fetuses who are non-autonomous, can’t feel pain and can’t understand anything.
You are almost directly saying people of colour can not understand things or feel pain or emotions and that they are not sentient when you compare them to fetuses. That’s racist.
That was an interesting read. But you didn’t really need to spend all that time typing, because you still didn’t prove a single point.
“here’s a few exampes of how fetuses do this:”
Life: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of life, because death by childbirth is never the unborn child’s fault.
Liberty: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of liberty because conception due to rape is never the unborn child’s fault.
Pursuit of Happiness: Your example does not explain how the fetus is responsible for their mother’s loss of happiness, unless you’re saying that it’s okay for a child to die for the sake of their mother’s happiness? “Whatever makes mommy happy?”
No, you’re trying to justify killing the fetus. If you were using logic, you would understand that in comparing abortion to the Pacific slave trade, I am not minimizing the suffering of one group. I’m just refusing to erase the suffering of the other. (The reason this bothers you is because, in order to have a clean conscious, you have to erase the suffering of the latter. You can’t acknowledge that the unborn are people, because then your religious dedication to abortion becomes abominable.)
In short, I’m not being racist; you’re being ageist. But thanks anyway for taking this time to talk with me and spread the truth about abortion by reblogging my post. 🙂
Have a great night!
A//AReblogging because that prolife comment above kicked ass.
1. Make the decision to be happy anyway.
2. Fight the urge to give into your negative feelings.
3. Smile – and fake it till your make it.
4. Find something funny to laugh about.
5. Do something thoughtful for somebody else.
6. Move your body – and get some exercise.
7. Listen to some music that usually lifts your mood.
Be happy 🙂
1. Make the decision to be happy anyway.
2. Fight the urge to give into your negative feelings.
3. Smile – and fake it till your make it.
4. Find something funny to laugh about.
5. Do something thoughtful for somebody else.
6. Move your body – and get some exercise.
7. Listen to some music that usually lifts your mood.
Be happy 🙂
PERFECT FOR ADVENTURING
Reblogged before but I don’t care. I want these.
me too also same in addition to.
perfect for the end of the world!
hold on while i prepare for the zombie apocalypse
where can I buy this?
modern urban jedis
PERFECT FOR ADVENTURING
Reblogged before but I don’t care. I want these.
me too also same in addition to.
perfect for the end of the world!
hold on while i prepare for the zombie apocalypse
where can I buy this?
modern urban jedis
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