What memorial honors Sugihara in Lithuania?
A statue
A library
A park
A bridge
Answer
The statue in Kaunas, Lithuania, commemorates Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by issuing transit visas to them, allowing them to escape through Lithuania. Sugihara's actions went against the orders of his superiors and put his own career at risk. He is recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
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