bookmarks
Object numberM2017/044:006
Titlebookmarks
DescriptionA pair of Souvenir bookmarks from The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall, Yaotsu Town, Japan. One is an image of an instsallation captioned, 'Special Lighting and Museic for The peace of the world'; the second is an image of a young Chiune Sugihara.
Sugihara served as Consul-General to the Japanese Empire in Lithuania from 1939-1940. While working in Lithuania, Sugihara became aware of the plight of Jews trying to leave Europe. In defiance of the Japanese Foreign Ministry he created his own 10-day transit visas which allowed recipients to travel through Japan on their way to places of refuge. In 1941 Sugihara was reassigned to Prague. As his train left Kaunas Railway Station in Lithuania, Sugihara was still writing visas, throwing blank papers with his consulate stamp and signature out of the window. It is believed he issued several thousand transit visas, and consequently saved the lives of approximately 6,000 Jews.
Sugihara served as Consul-General to the Japanese Empire in Lithuania from 1939-1940. While working in Lithuania, Sugihara became aware of the plight of Jews trying to leave Europe. In defiance of the Japanese Foreign Ministry he created his own 10-day transit visas which allowed recipients to travel through Japan on their way to places of refuge. In 1941 Sugihara was reassigned to Prague. As his train left Kaunas Railway Station in Lithuania, Sugihara was still writing visas, throwing blank papers with his consulate stamp and signature out of the window. It is believed he issued several thousand transit visas, and consequently saved the lives of approximately 6,000 Jews.
Production placeYaotsu, Japan
Production date 2017 - 2017
Object namesouvenirs
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 135.00 mm
height: 140.00 mm
Language
- Japanese
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Tetsuya Sugihara