A Special Fate Quotes

“It is estimated that Consul Sugihara issued 6,000 Japanese transit visas. An estimated 40,000 descendants of his visa recipients, now known as “Sugihara Survivors,” are alive because of his extraordinary courage. This was one of the largest rescues of Jews in the Holocaust.”
― Alison Leslie Gold, A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust

“By acting against his own government, he would most likely lose all chance of advancement, ruin his career, and be disgraced. He might endanger all their lives. He added that although he might have to disobey his government, if he didn’t act, he would be disobeying God.”
― Alison Leslie Gold, A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust

“I request permission to issue visas to hundreds of Jewish people who have come to the consulate here in Kaunas seeking transit visas. They are suffering extremely. As a fellow human being, I cannot refuse their requests. Please permit me to issue visas to them. This request is a humanitarian plea. The refugees’ request for visas should not be denied.”
― Alison Leslie Gold, A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust

“Japanese children were taught a code in school. It had three laws: (a) Do not be a burden to others; (b) Take care of others; (c) Do not expect rewards for your goodness.”
― Alison Leslie Gold, A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust