This title was given to those who were not of Jewish ethnicity, but risked their lives to keep Jews out of harm’s way during the Holocaust anyways. Board member of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Richard Salomon, whose father was given the 299th visa written by Sugihara, claimed, “His legacy produced doctors, bankers, lawyers, authors, politicians, even the first Orthodox Jewish Rhodes Scholar.” Anne Akabori, a friend of Sugihara’s son, Hiroki, that helped translate the memoir Sugihara’s wife, Yukiko, wrote called “Visas for Life” says, "There are so many people living today because he took the time and made the effort. It was not easy and it was not a matter of sitting down and saying, 'Here, I 'll write you this.’" Akabori also wrote a narrative of Chiune Sugihara’s life: “The Gift of Life
This title was given to those who were not of Jewish ethnicity, but risked their lives to keep Jews out of harm’s way during the Holocaust anyways. Board member of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Richard Salomon, whose father was given the 299th visa written by Sugihara, claimed, “His legacy produced doctors, bankers, lawyers, authors, politicians, even the first Orthodox Jewish Rhodes Scholar.” Anne Akabori, a friend of Sugihara’s son, Hiroki, that helped translate the memoir Sugihara’s wife, Yukiko, wrote called “Visas for Life” says, "There are so many people living today because he took the time and made the effort. It was not easy and it was not a matter of sitting down and saying, 'Here, I 'll write you this.’" Akabori also wrote a narrative of Chiune Sugihara’s life: “The Gift of Life