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(Holokausto ekspozicija - Holocaust Exhibit ("Green House"))

Paminklas Čijunei Sugiharai

Monument for Chiune Sugihara

杉原千畝
Yaotsu, Gifu 1900 - Kamakura, Kanagawa 1986
Japanese diplomat, Vice-Consul for Japan in Lithuania during World War II; he helped several thousand Jews leave the country by issuing transit visas to them
(Wikipedia)

Goichi Kitagawa & Vladas Vildžiūnas
1992

Description

Granite monument representing a human figure lifing a huge burden.

Information Sign

mėnulio šviesa
tespindi
kilnios širdes
japonijos konsului lietuvoje
ČIJUNEI SUGIHARAI,
1940 metais išdavusiam 2139 vizas
žydų pabėgėliams
ir išgelbėjusiam tūkstančius
gyvybių.

autoriai
goiči kitogava
ir vladas vildžiūnas
1992 m.

let the moonlight
glance
to the noble man,
consul of japan in lithania
CHIJUNE SUGIHARA
who in 1940 issued 2139 visas
to jewish war refugees
end thus saved
thousand of lifes.

authors:
goichi kitogava
and vladas vildžiūnas
1992

Sculptors

Goichi Kitagawa - 北川剛一, Japanese sculptor.
Vladas Vildžiūnas (Dabužiai 1932 - Vilnius 2013), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Vilnius tourism, Monuments.
Vilnijos Vartai, Čijunė (Chiune) Sugihara.
Asian Cultural Exchange Center, 研修紀行　Ⅹ (Japanese website with the correct name of the sculptor).

Locatie (N 54°41'7" - E 25°16'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt057; Photograph: 13 July 2013
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