New York - A U.S. resident who fled Lithuania during World War II on a visa issued by Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara received an award Friday from the Japanese consul-general in New York for her efforts to preserve the late renowned diplomat’s humanitarian legacy.Sylvia Smoller, 94, received the Consul-General’s Commendation at the official residence of the consul-general in the U.S. city.Warsaw-born Smoller and her family escaped Nazi persecution of Jewish people after obtaining visas issued in Lithuania by Sugihara, who was stationed in the country at the time, and traveled to the United States via Japan. Such visas issued by Sugihara are often called “visas of life.”
‘Visa of life’ recipient honored for preserving diplomat’s legacy
Warsaw-born Smoller and her family escaped Nazi persecution of Jewish people after obtaining visas issued in Lithuania by Sugihara.
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New York - A U.S. resident who fled Lithuania during World War II on a visa issued by Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara received an award Friday from the Japanese consul-general in New York for her efforts to preserve the late renowned diplomat’s humanitarian legacy.Sylvia Smoller, 94, received the Consul-General’s Commendation at the official residence of the consul-general in the U.S. city.Warsaw-born Smoller and her family escaped Nazi persecution of Jewish people after obtaining visas issued in Lithuania by Sugihara, who was stationed in the country at the time, and traveled to the United States via Japan. Such visas issued by Sugihara are often called “visas of life.”
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