Date: November 13, 2016
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall, Carleton University
Free event, open to the public.
RSVP: CHESatCARLETON@gmail.com
Actor Mr. Shingo Misawa in the play: Decision: Visa of Life (Sempo Sugihara Story) will tell the true story of Chiune “Sempo” Sugihara (1900-1986). Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat, serving as Vice-Consul of Japan in Kaunas, Lithuania at the outbreak of World War II. Caught between the Nazis and the Soviets, Jewish refugees from Poland and Jewish Lithuanians were desperately seeking ways to leave the country. They came to Sugihara looking for help. Risking his career and his own safety, Sugihara made the decision to issue transit visas which saved over 6,000 lives. In 1985, Israel named him among ‘The Righteous Among the Nations’ for his actions. A presentation by a child of survivors who were saved by Sugihara will follow the play.
HEM Program of the Japanese embassy in cooperation with the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) and the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies Carleton University.
