Passage to Freedom The Sugihara Story (Paperback)
| Author: Ken/ Lee Mochizuki | Afterword: Hiroki Sugihara | Illustrator: Dom Lee Dom Lee |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN-10: 1584301570
ISBN-13: 9781584301578
Sku: 33902776
Publish Date: 9/1/2003
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 7.75H x 9.75L x 0.15T
Pages:
32
Age Range:
10 to 13
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Looks at the Chinese diplomat who used his powers--against the orders of his own government--to assist thousands of Jews in escaping the Nazis in Lithuania. |
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The true story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul to Lithuania who, in 1940, saved the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees by defying his government's orders and writing them visas that allowed them to flee from Poland and escape the Nazis. Told from the perspective of Chiune Sugihara's five-year-old son Hiroki, this story is illustrated with mixed-media collages.
The true story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul to Lithuania who, in 1940, saved the lives of thousands of Jewish refugees by defying his government's orders and writing them visas that allowed them to flee from Poland and escape the Nazis. Told from the perspective of Chiune Sugihara's five-year-old son Hiroki, this story is illustrated with mixed-media collages.
Praise
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"After reading this unusual addition to Holocaust literature, kids appreciate how one man managed to do the right thing when most did not." - Susan Faust 04/27/1997 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This is a successful rendering of complex historical and moral issues into a form that younger readers can understand and appreciate." - Janice M. Del Negro September 1997
"After reading this unusual addition to Holocaust literature, kids appreciate how one man managed to do the right thing when most did not." - Susan Faust 04/27/1997 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"This is a successful rendering of complex historical and moral issues into a form that younger readers can understand and appreciate." - Janice M. Del Negro September 1997
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