In 1940, Chiune Sugihara-a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania-risked his life to issue thousands of exit visas to Jewish refugees fleeing from the Nazis. Seen through the eyes of his son, Hiroki, who was five years old at the time, this moving story shows how one person can truly make a difference.
- ISBN: 9781584301578
- Author: Mochizuki, Ken
- Illustrator: Lee, Dom
- Published: 2003 , Lee & Low Books
- Themes: Escape, Family, Jewish, Nazis, Refugees. Social and family issues
- Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Lithuania, Picture Book
- No. of pages: 32