Books : Pasaje a La Libertad / Passage to Freedom: La Historia De Chiune Sugihara / The True Story of Chiune Sugihara, the 'Japanese Schindler'
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318
EAN num: 9781880000816
ISBN number: 1880000814
Label: Lee & Low Books
Manufacturer: Lee & Low Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: April 28, 1999
Publishing house: Lee & Low Books
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 2636792
Studio: Lee & Low Books
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Pasaje a la Libertab is the Spanish edition of Passage to Freedom, the true story of the 'Japanese Schindler' who saved thousands of Jews during World War II. In 1940, five-year-old Hiroki Sugihara, the son of the Japanese consul to Lithuania, saw from the consulate window hundreds of Jewish refugees. They had come to Hiroki's father with a desperate request: Could he write visas for them to escape the Nazi threat? When the Japanese government denied his requests, Hiroki's father turned to his family. This story chronicles their amazing act of humanity.
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This is the Spanish version of Passage to Freedom, a 30-page picture book. A remarkable and inspiring story of a Japanese diplomat who disobeyed his government by writing hundreds of visas to Jewish refugees trying to flee Lithuania. With compassion and courage, Sugihara places his own future in jeopardy to save others. Excellent! Don't miss the afterward to see what happened to the Sugihara family.
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