Emerging Heroes: WWII-Era Diplomats, Jewish Refugees, and Escape to Japan
Autor Akira Kitade Traducere de Kuniko Katz Editat de Donna Ratajczaken Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781644698693
ISBN-10: 1644698692
Pagini: 156
Ilustrații: Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Academic Studies Press
Colecția Academic Studies Press
Locul publicării:Boston, MA, United States
ISBN-10: 1644698692
Pagini: 156
Ilustrații: Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Academic Studies Press
Colecția Academic Studies Press
Locul publicării:Boston, MA, United States
Cuprins
Message from the Mayor of Tsuruga CityTakanobu FuchikamiForewordHarriet P. Schleifer AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Encounter with an Album2. The Sugihara Survivors I Met, and the Follow-Up3. People in the Album Whose Identities Were Discovered4. Jan Zwartendijk, Consul of the Netherlands in Kaunas5. Saburo Nei, Acting Consul General in Vladivostok6. N. A. J. de Voogd, Consul of the Netherlands in Kobe, Later Ambassador of the Netherlands to Japan7. Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, Ambassador to the Soviet Union8. Tadeusz Romer, Polish Ambassador to Japan9. Tracking Down the 2,139 People on the Sugihara List ConclusionList of Major References
Recenzii
“[N]early forgotten footnotes in the annals of the Holocaust are resurrected with passion and conviction by Kitade, who has devoted himself to building bridges of mutual understanding between Japan and Jews. In Emerging Heroes, he salutes the Japanese and foreign diplomats who went above and beyond the call of duty to lend a helpful hand to Jewish refugees during their darkest hours of duress.”
— Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel
“Akira Kitade has written a highly entertaining and gripping sequel to his well-received book Visas of Life and the Epic Journey: How the Sugihara Survivors Reached Japan. The first three chapters follow up on the stories of the seven photos discussed in his previous book. The next five chapters focus on the heroic roles played by the Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara and five essential diplomat 'accomplices' in saving over 2000, mostly Polish Jews, who had escaped to Lithuania prior to March 1940. These diplomats included Jan Zwartendijk, Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Lithuania; Saburo Nei, Acting Japanese Consul General of Japan in Vladivostok; N. A. J. de Voogd, Consul of the Netherlands in Kobe; Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, Ambassador of Japan in the Soviet Union; Tadeusz Romer, Ambassador of the Polish Government-in-Exile in Japan. The last chapter gives an accounting of the 2,140 names on the Sugihara List. Akira Kitade personalizes the stories in each chapter and writes in a relaxed, colloquial style. He exhibits an open-mindedness throughout in relating his stories.”
– George Bluman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Sugihara descendant
“Akira Kitade is an unlikely chronicler of courage, hope, and heroism in humanity’s darkest age.
Clearing out his modest office as he retired after a lifelong career at Japan’s Tourism Bureau, Akira discovered a dusty 75-year-old scrapbook filled with poems and photos in a neglected drawer. Written by his boss in 1941, it was titled ‘people without nations.’ The scrapbook’s haunting photos of desperate refugees led Akira on a journey of discovery into the lives of terrified Jews fleeing the Nazis and their unknown saviors.
His tale, carefully written, with precision and detail, is a gripping story of good interfering in the face of evil, moral choices blunting the teeth of danger, and pure bravery. Reading as fine as dramatic fiction, it will stand for generations as a handbook of ordinary folks whose difficult decisions led them to immortal greatness.”
–Rabbi Aaron Kotler, President Emeritus, Beth Medrash Govoha
— Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel
“Akira Kitade has written a highly entertaining and gripping sequel to his well-received book Visas of Life and the Epic Journey: How the Sugihara Survivors Reached Japan. The first three chapters follow up on the stories of the seven photos discussed in his previous book. The next five chapters focus on the heroic roles played by the Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara and five essential diplomat 'accomplices' in saving over 2000, mostly Polish Jews, who had escaped to Lithuania prior to March 1940. These diplomats included Jan Zwartendijk, Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Lithuania; Saburo Nei, Acting Japanese Consul General of Japan in Vladivostok; N. A. J. de Voogd, Consul of the Netherlands in Kobe; Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, Ambassador of Japan in the Soviet Union; Tadeusz Romer, Ambassador of the Polish Government-in-Exile in Japan. The last chapter gives an accounting of the 2,140 names on the Sugihara List. Akira Kitade personalizes the stories in each chapter and writes in a relaxed, colloquial style. He exhibits an open-mindedness throughout in relating his stories.”
– George Bluman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Sugihara descendant
“Akira Kitade is an unlikely chronicler of courage, hope, and heroism in humanity’s darkest age.
Clearing out his modest office as he retired after a lifelong career at Japan’s Tourism Bureau, Akira discovered a dusty 75-year-old scrapbook filled with poems and photos in a neglected drawer. Written by his boss in 1941, it was titled ‘people without nations.’ The scrapbook’s haunting photos of desperate refugees led Akira on a journey of discovery into the lives of terrified Jews fleeing the Nazis and their unknown saviors.
His tale, carefully written, with precision and detail, is a gripping story of good interfering in the face of evil, moral choices blunting the teeth of danger, and pure bravery. Reading as fine as dramatic fiction, it will stand for generations as a handbook of ordinary folks whose difficult decisions led them to immortal greatness.”
–Rabbi Aaron Kotler, President Emeritus, Beth Medrash Govoha
“Huge numbers of refugees took shelter from Poland in Lithuania at the beginning of WWII. Thousands of them were rescued from the Holocaust in the summer of 1940 by Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Kaunas. However, their destinies have scarcely been known after the war. Akira Kitade traces fourteen survivors by their footprints, who or whose parents received 'Visas for Life' from Sugihara or other Japanese diplomats and opened up a field of activity in the new world. Kitade also clarifies the activity of other rescuers than Sugihara.”
– Chiharu Inaba, Professor of International Relations, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan. Author of On the Hill of Yad Vashem: Trees of Righteous among the Nations (in Japanese).
– Chiharu Inaba, Professor of International Relations, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan. Author of On the Hill of Yad Vashem: Trees of Righteous among the Nations (in Japanese).