Why Did a Japanese Diplomat Save Thousands of Jews in WW2? | Unpacked

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

Комментарии • 313

  • @MFPhoto1
    @MFPhoto1 25 дней назад +199

    Sugihara is an inspiration to us all. I am glad he eventually got the recognition he deserved.

  • @annakortukov2845
    @annakortukov2845 23 дня назад +185

    God bless people like Mr Sugihara. May his memory be blessed forever.

    • @Bekindloveis
      @Bekindloveis 15 дней назад +4

      Amen 🙏

    • @sharonthompson8061
      @sharonthompson8061 14 дней назад +4

      Thank you God for people of goodwill. Bless all who do your work ✝️🙏🏻

    • @antoniacanaris6866
      @antoniacanaris6866 10 дней назад +3

      Why did the documentary of this amazing man (who saved my father and his family) mention possible influence samurai codes and left out any note of his dearly held Christian convictions? Sugihara was baptised as a Russian Orthodox as were his second wife and their son.

    • @antoniacanaris6866
      @antoniacanaris6866 10 дней назад +2

      Why did the documentary of this amazing man (who saved my father and his family) mention possible influence samurai codes and left out any note of his dearly held Christian convictions? Sugihara was baptised as a Russian Orthodox as were his second wife and their son.

    • @ysabeauterazawa7273
      @ysabeauterazawa7273 8 дней назад +1

      @antoniacanaris6860 Your comments are very kind regarding Sempo Sugihara. I am pleased Sugihara-San is resting in peaceful solicitude in his beloved Japan.

  • @ounkhamdragonmingboupha9581
    @ounkhamdragonmingboupha9581 22 дня назад +110

    Chiune Sugihara yelled,” PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I CANNOT WRITE ANYMORE!” While my tears running my cheeks. I can feel his pains. May God blessed him with eternal life and his family live a happy, healthy and wealthy life.

  • @ShelleyM007
    @ShelleyM007 22 дня назад +102

    This is such a heartwarming story. ❤I’m so glad that he was recognised and honoured while he was still alive.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 18 дней назад +3

      Well, he was contacted by some of the people whose lives he'd saved through the Izzyreli Embassy in Tokyo back in 1964.
      However, in recent years Izzyrel quietly razed down the grove of trees planted in his honor to make room for condominiums.
      What's more, articles in Izzyreli papers claim his role has been "at most exaggerated".
      Speaks for itself.

    • @angelnunez9245
      @angelnunez9245 14 дней назад +3

      @@calicocat8213- sources??

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 14 дней назад

      @@angelnunez9245 "Israel's memorial forest to 'Japanese Schindler's was razed to build apartments" - The Times of Israel 14 February 2019.
      "Son of Japanese Holocaust hero discovers father's memorial destroyed by Best Shemesh apartments" - JNS 14 February 2019.
      "Jerusalem - Israel's Memorial Forest to 'Japanese Schindler' Razed To Build Apartments" - VINnews Feb 17, 2019.
      "Israeli Memorial to 'Japanese Schindler' Razed Without Family's Knowledge - Haaretz Feb 14, 2019.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 14 дней назад +2

      @@angelnunez9245 I've just answered in some detail quoting sources - Times of Israel, VINnews, JNS, Haaretz, but somehow the post evaporated.
      Wonder why.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 14 дней назад

      @@angelnunez9245 February 2019, look it up.

  • @andrewj.alexander4546
    @andrewj.alexander4546 20 дней назад +60

    Mr Sugihara risked everything to be a shining light. May his story of compassion for others be a guiding example for others to follow and do likewise.

  • @andromeda331
    @andromeda331 25 дней назад +62

    What an incredible man to do that even though it cost him his job. Handing out visas on the way to the train and while on the train.

  • @duartezarco6743
    @duartezarco6743 21 день назад +69

    Thank you for highlighting the heroic actions of Chiune Sugihara. I’d like to share the story of another remarkable diplomat: Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese consul who saved over 30,000 lives, including around 10,000 Jews, during World War II. Defying his government’s orders, he issued visas to desperate refugees, risking his career and life to uphold humanity. Their courage deserves to be remembered.

    • @Fred-mp1vf
      @Fred-mp1vf 19 дней назад +11

      Thanks for sharing that! ❤

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 17 дней назад

      @@duartezarco6743 Count Folke Bernadette, a Swedish diplomat and nobleman, played a pivotal role in humanitarian efforts during World War II.
      Bernadette's diplomatic skills and unwavering commitment to humanitarian principles were instrumental in securing release of approximately 31,000 individuals, including Jews, political prisoners, and other persecuted groups.
      His efforts not only saved thousands of lives but also provided a glimmer of hope during one of history's darkest periods.
      On September 17, 1948, while traveling through Jerusalem with UN representatives, Bernadette's convoy was ambushed by members of the Lehi.
      Bernadette and his French aide, Colonel André Serot, were shot and killed.
      The assassination was a calculated act intended to derail Bernadette's peace efforts.

    • @ВикторияПодсевалова
      @ВикторияПодсевалова 17 дней назад +1

      А его не отметили в музеи Израиля Яшем ( памятник холокосту )?

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 10 дней назад +2

      Oh true ! Let's honor courage like his. Being upright even at his own inconvenience

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 10 дней назад

      @@duartezarco6743 Count Folke Bernadette, a Swedish diplomat and nobleman, a true humanitarian, had negotiated the release of 31,000 persons from Nazi concentration camps, including many Jews.
      He was barbarically, cynically murdered in a state-sanctioned terrorist attack on 17 September 1948.

  • @FishareFriendsNotFood972
    @FishareFriendsNotFood972 25 дней назад +201

    "Even a hunter cannot k a bird that flies to him for refuge." What a lovely statement!

    • @snakey934Snakeybakey
      @snakey934Snakeybakey 17 дней назад +13

      It's quite a coincidence because I saw this video right after watching a Kurosawa film for that exact line is uttered.

    • @antoninajohnstone3506
      @antoninajohnstone3506 10 дней назад +5

      I’m very touched by this line also! God bless Mr Sugihara and his loving wife! Amazing couple! ♥️🙏♥️

    • @antoninajohnstone3506
      @antoninajohnstone3506 10 дней назад +4

      God bless Mr Sugihara and his loving wife! Amazing couple!! ♥️🙏♥️

  • @abovenbeyond2021
    @abovenbeyond2021 18 дней назад +47

    I thank God for placing people in the right place and time. I thank God for those who risk their lives to save others. Very grateful.

  • @EladLerner
    @EladLerner 25 дней назад +84

    I work at Chiune Sugihara St. in Netanya, Israel. I work at a science and culture center there that was donated by a Japanese philantropist, so the city named the street to honor the Japanese diplimat who saved so many lives.

    • @Drnaynay
      @Drnaynay 23 дня назад +24

      The Hebrew University in Jerusalem has an area named after him as well.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 18 дней назад +3

      Then you should be aware that Izzyrel quietly razed the grove of trees planted in memory of Sugihara to make room for condominiums, and has recently been implying his role in saving Jewish lives has been "exaggerated" by Japan (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Times of Israel, others).
      Speaks for itself.

    • @EladLerner
      @EladLerner 18 дней назад +12

      @@calicocat8213
      This is interesting. We must remember that a country is not a monolith, and there are all kinds of people. While looking for those articles, I also found news about memorials and events honoring Sugihara. Also, the name is spelled Israel.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 18 дней назад

      @@EladLerner It's Izzyrel for this Warsaw Ghetto grandchild.
      And I'm being generous, mind you.
      Look up "Akiva Orr: the 'Un-Jewish' State" if you're interested.

    • @Drnaynay
      @Drnaynay 17 дней назад +8

      @@calicocat8213 Why are you spelling Israel like this? 🤔

  • @pavel0900
    @pavel0900 13 дней назад +24

    May his memory be a blessing forever. Mr. Sugihara is a true hero who should never be forgotten ❤ Thank you for sharing this amazing story!

  • @JefiHaredi
    @JefiHaredi 25 дней назад +82

    I salute this man of golden heart 🫡💝🇮🇳🇮🇱

  • @SylviaStarbucks
    @SylviaStarbucks 14 дней назад +16

    This story is in the textbook I teach from in Japan . I thought why wasn’t this more well known. Glad you cover it ❤

  • @jenniferbreaux7385
    @jenniferbreaux7385 26 дней назад +62

    We need more stories like this.

    • @mikegomintong8856
      @mikegomintong8856 21 день назад +9

      Here in the Philippines, we were able to save 1200 Jews when no other countries were to accept the refugees. President Manuel L Quezon fought hard to bring them here and was accepted, but tragically when the Japanese invaded the Philippines all Jews cannot enter and we only saved 1200, and President Quezon was disappointed that he couldn't save more....

    • @Hay8137g
      @Hay8137g 15 дней назад +5

      There was a Chinese Schindler too.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 14 дней назад

      @@Hay8137g High time for stories of Jews saving lives of others I should think?

  • @joantrainor6584
    @joantrainor6584 25 дней назад +39

    I had never heard of this. There is so much to learn. Thanks for creating an awareness.

  • @baila3221
    @baila3221 25 дней назад +93

    He is very much a common name in our community. We learn about him in elementary school and high school, there are articles about him in our magazines, many speakers on the holocaust mention him. We really appreciate his work and sacrifice in saving our families, it's a pity the way the Japanese government and people treated him and his family.

  • @StephenLuke
    @StephenLuke 26 дней назад +147

    RIP
    Chiune Sugihara
    (1900-1986)

    • @IsraelGodsImmovableRock
      @IsraelGodsImmovableRock 12 дней назад +6

      ❤❤❤❤
      Jewish Refugees stranded in Lithuania!then he saved them? Wow ❤❤❤❤

  • @Wul-Lop
    @Wul-Lop 22 дня назад +19

    🙏 Thank & salute Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat... respect from Thailand...

  • @sihoch
    @sihoch 26 дней назад +102

    Get the book "The Star on the Grave"... It's written by a daughter of one of the saved Jews. It's quite brilliant.

    • @yolandabrinkman2653
      @yolandabrinkman2653 20 дней назад +9

      Will do. Thank you for the recommendation

    • @rmrita55
      @rmrita55 19 дней назад +5

      Amazing

    • @Adara007
      @Adara007 8 дней назад +1

      Thanks for the recommendation. There's also A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara Hero of the Holocaust by Alison Leslie Gold.

  • @RickRobinCagnaan
    @RickRobinCagnaan 21 день назад +29

    The good among the bad. Sugihara was one of the humanitarians. In the Philippines, we had Isao Yamazoe.

    • @keikotunoda426
      @keikotunoda426 3 дня назад

      Actually unless covert permission from the Japanese government it would have been impossible. He sent those Jews to the Japanese area. I think average Japanese tend to respect Jews and condescend Philippinos, that may cause the difference of treatment.

  • @888Gypsy888
    @888Gypsy888 25 дней назад +24

    An incredible human being! This is a Wow! Thank you for this.

  • @norwoodwildlife9849
    @norwoodwildlife9849 25 дней назад +58

    So sad, that many people like Sugihara, never got
    the recognition they deserved

    • @taxol2
      @taxol2 24 дня назад +7

      They didn’t want the recognition, partly because it was risky for them. Also, they just wanted to help.

    • @jenetchosen1399
      @jenetchosen1399 20 дней назад +2

      With God ! They will have a big recognition. ✝️✡️

    • @ВикторияПодсевалова
      @ВикторияПодсевалова 17 дней назад +3

      Поэтому люди знающие о таких людях не должны молчать. Говоиитп ,рассксжите ! Пусть люди знают что свет сильнее тьмы и добро сильнее зла . Суолько людей спасало других людей ,пока палачи старались каа можно большр погубить. Господи ,Ты велик ! Ты всеода еаходишь верных и преданных сердцем людей ,они служат Тебе ,потому рискуют своей жизнью ради других . Хвала Тебе ,ведь совестью Ты живкшь в нас ! Аминь!

    • @Hay8137g
      @Hay8137g 15 дней назад

      There was a Chinese Schindler too. This Japanese one is most likely exaggerated like most.

    • @angelnunez9245
      @angelnunez9245 14 дней назад

      @@Hay8137g- nahhhhhhh you are just jealous of being a nobody in life.

  • @irawilliams343
    @irawilliams343 24 дня назад +33

    This man deserves a biopic film that should be an entry to the Cannes Film Festival

  • @Adam-qj8lk
    @Adam-qj8lk 25 дней назад +76

    I can't believe this channel hasn't discussed king Mohammad the V of Moroco, he saved the lives of all 250,000 Moroccan Jews by refusing to give them over to the Nazi regime and many consider him a righteous gentile. The Moroccan Jews of Israel and Morocco relations with Israel are in large part due to this man, I would love to see a video about him made.

    • @Nudnik1
      @Nudnik1 25 дней назад +6

      Yes Morocco and Turkiye rescued many many Jews from expulsions in middle ages until WW2.
      שלום

    • @janetprice85
      @janetprice85 22 дня назад +5

      Great souls among us saving innocents. Muslim leaders saved Spanish Jews in the days of expulsions and forced conversions two.

    • @Nudnik1
      @Nudnik1 22 дня назад +3

      @janetprice85 yes Ottoman Turkish and Morocco rescued Jews also.

    • @vern0018
      @vern0018 21 день назад +1

      So beautiful.

    • @yolandabrinkman2653
      @yolandabrinkman2653 20 дней назад +11

      There is a podcast on RUclips regarding the morrocan king and his courage. It's a pity that ten years later, the country. expelled its jewish citizens
      "Moroccan king saves 250,000 jews from nazis"

  • @BigAl53750
    @BigAl53750 11 дней назад +4

    I’m always keen to hear more about this amazing man and his wife.
    What a humbling experience it is to learn of such people.
    We need to hear more of these stories! Especially today with so much hatred of the Jews growing around the world.

  • @robinsonosayande5187
    @robinsonosayande5187 12 дней назад +4

    This story brought tears to my eyes. God bless this kind hearted ma and his descendants for this great act of kindness. I'm happy he was remembered by at least one person he helped.

  • @dcro9903
    @dcro9903 11 дней назад +3

    I am glad Chiune Sugihara is being being rightfully recognized as a hero in occupied lands saving the lives of persecuted people heading for near certain death.,There were few folks during WW2 days, that assisted persecuted people like Jews, Gypsies, and other groups especially when others distanced themselves and often times aided Nazi sympathizers. To me these are real hero stalwarts risking their own lives to save others while the rest willingly collaborated. Beautiful story and I am grateful for your insightful video.

  • @tashikoweinstein435
    @tashikoweinstein435 25 дней назад +21

    Not even halfway through the video, and I am already crying!! It is stories like these that make ever so proud to be of Jewish Heritage ✡️ AM YISRAEL CHAI

  • @chichiboypumpi
    @chichiboypumpi 16 дней назад +11

    His deed is greater than that of the chinese diplomat as he defied his own government to do what is right. A rarity, a true Samurai.

  • @debrakelly4505
    @debrakelly4505 17 дней назад +9

    You are an excellent storyteller! So glad this video was in my feed. I really enjoyed listening because my heart breaks for humanity in general. This man is a hero and I’m glad he finally received that acknowledgment although I’m sure there is a great reward in heaven waiting for him.

  • @RustyOsborne-q3t
    @RustyOsborne-q3t 20 дней назад +13

    What a worthy person

  • @dianewien683
    @dianewien683 6 дней назад +1

    We visited a traveling exhibition about Mr. Sugihara in Vacouver BC. It was wonderful to see all the information about this caring man and his family. We are grateful for these special souls who protect others!

  • @AdoptedCats
    @AdoptedCats 25 дней назад +30

    Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi (1888-1970) helped over 20,000 Jewish refugees escape Nazi-controlled Europe in 1938

  • @danametz2394
    @danametz2394 16 дней назад +11

    Sugihara is an excellent example of how to be human. We very much appreciate it, and remember him in Israel. ❤

  • @rawjn4956
    @rawjn4956 24 дня назад +16

    I like Japanese people because of their discipline , neatness and kind heart

  • @culixstar
    @culixstar 25 дней назад +24

    Evil prevails when good men do nothing.

  • @Lakeslover1
    @Lakeslover1 14 дней назад +7

    What a wonderful man .

  • @debbierichards8182
    @debbierichards8182 17 дней назад +6

    The laat Samurai? I doubt it when one lonely person acts with unbelievable courage. He's a great Warrior.

  • @christopherflux6254
    @christopherflux6254 24 дня назад +34

    He was a ‘big softy’ but had more courage than millions of Europeans.

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 18 дней назад +5

      Wouldn't be that sure - between 1942 and 1943 Irena Sensler and her network of 10 rescued 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, even though providing help to Jews in the occupied Poland carried mandatory death punishment.

  • @joeyp1927
    @joeyp1927 25 дней назад +21

    When he was writing the illegal visas, I think Sugihara feared worse than the ending of his career. Had Japan won the war, the government might have been emboldened to exact harsher punishment on a subordinate that had effectively worked against a Japanese ally, Germany. But a defeated Japan, controlled by the Americans, was probably not in a position to punish such a diplomat.

    • @keikotunoda426
      @keikotunoda426 3 дня назад

      Actually unless covert permission from the Japanese government it would have been impossible. He sent those to the Japanese area.

  • @loveandpeace8148
    @loveandpeace8148 25 дней назад +15

    What a good man 🙏🩵🩵🩵🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

  • @jennypalmer331
    @jennypalmer331 11 дней назад +1

    A man with compassion. SO glad he was finally acknowledged

  • @jeromelange7401
    @jeromelange7401 19 дней назад +11

    7:30 Whoever saves a single life has saved the world ( Jewish Talmud (Sanhedrin 37a) ) . G.D Bless Sugihara Chiune San, his ancestors, family and friends with a forever Healthy & Happy life both in his Gan Eden (Heaven) & On Earth here.

  • @elainelksuabernet
    @elainelksuabernet 8 дней назад +1

    I think is way more than 40,000 people he saved. He saves thousands and thousands of generations after generations. God Blessed his soul and his whole families and forever grateful.

  • @MrBentoTube
    @MrBentoTube 13 дней назад +4

    Aristides de Sousa Mendes - A unique figure in Portuguese history, Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a Portuguese diplomat who, during World War II, saved more than 30,000 lives from Nazi persecution (many of them jews ofc)

  • @Fred-mp1vf
    @Fred-mp1vf 19 дней назад +9

    3:31 It's sad how corrupt people twist the meanings of words like honor, loyalty (or pro-choice) into something abominable and horrifying.

  • @jagardositumorang4320
    @jagardositumorang4320 25 дней назад +13

    Please make a cover up story about indonesian maid in netherland which saves jews childs by risking her safety during ww2 netherland captured by nazi,,i dont remember her name but i was red about her story and it was amazing one,,

  • @DavidBenner-cy4zl
    @DavidBenner-cy4zl 24 дня назад +11

    Respect.

  • @echan275
    @echan275 12 дней назад +4

    What he did was great. This very same story also happy in Austria during WWII, the ambassador of the Republic of China (now Taiwan), he signed as many visas to the Jewish in Austria as he could. The Jewish went to Shanghai. The irony was at the 50th anniversary, it was celebrated in the communist China, not Taiwan.

  • @romybrater1353
    @romybrater1353 12 дней назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this amazing story. I'm in tears ❤

  • @bethleeks9633
    @bethleeks9633 7 дней назад +1

    God bless you Mr. Sugihara and all your descendants!

  • @prankster671
    @prankster671 18 дней назад +5

    God bless you Sugihara-san.

  • @Martyn-1337
    @Martyn-1337 25 дней назад +17

    Have you heard of Manuel Quezon, the filipino schindler list?

  • @angelasampson3973
    @angelasampson3973 16 дней назад +4

    Amazing man.

  • @Sean-v3o9h
    @Sean-v3o9h 14 дней назад +3

    May the Righteous never be forgotten.

  • @levoyageur6661
    @levoyageur6661 11 дней назад +1

    This story brought tears to my eyes!!!

  • @emippe226
    @emippe226 10 дней назад +3

    At the Paris Peace Conference held after World War I in 1919, Japan proposed to include a clause on the abolition of racial discrimination in the Covenant of the League of Nations, but it was rejected. This is considered the first time that racial equality was advocated at an international conference. 
    This proposal was not accepted by the major countries that had colonies at the time, and was discarded.

  • @jamesromarate3637
    @jamesromarate3637 12 дней назад +1

    Sugehara you are great hero with a big merciful heart

  • @JeshStgermain
    @JeshStgermain 9 дней назад

    AM Dutch, but never knew about this! Thanks for sharing this😇

  • @cemathis985
    @cemathis985 10 дней назад

    I never heard this story. Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @louieluna3039
    @louieluna3039 8 дней назад

    I enjoyed your presentation. Thank you.

  • @cliveuckfield5139
    @cliveuckfield5139 11 дней назад

    Why haven't we heard of this remarkable man before ? Should make a film from his life.

  • @Tootongtaoako
    @Tootongtaoako 17 дней назад +5

    He said if he obeyed his emperor he would disobey his God. His reward is in heaven. Good faithful servant come into rest.

  • @ScenariosOfDrea
    @ScenariosOfDrea 25 дней назад +7

    This is so cool he's amazing

  • @roberfaubus3455
    @roberfaubus3455 14 дней назад +2

    They should made a movie about this person.

  • @pikespeak8669
    @pikespeak8669 12 дней назад +2

    God blessed this gentleman ❤

  • @kameiajeilu9136
    @kameiajeilu9136 13 дней назад +2

    What a blessed man 👍👍👍

  • @thomaslawson801
    @thomaslawson801 23 дня назад +4

    God sent an Angel to look after
    His people. God Bless him
    And his family for what he
    Did and tried to do. A shining
    Light during Dark days. 😇😇

  • @TheLilleyPad
    @TheLilleyPad 13 дней назад +2

    We need a movie on this!

  • @DaysofElijah317
    @DaysofElijah317 19 дней назад +6

    The Righteous among the Gentiles! Praise God for them even the Germans who did not go along with their government. Bonhoeffer, Schindler and others.

  • @emippe226
    @emippe226 10 дней назад +2

    Since Japan lost the war, many false and fabricated stories have been created and that made us suffer, but I'm glad that people still remember Mr.Chiune Sugihara.
    Chiune Sugihara is famous, but there were also people in the military who saved Jews. He was a major general in the army and the head of the Harbin Special Agency in Manchuria, which was in fact a Japanese colony. It is about the Otpor Incident of Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi (1888-1970), whose name is also listed in Jerusalem's Golden Book, which lists people who have contributed to the Jewish people. It is said that refugees fleeing Jewish persecution were allowed to pass through Manchukuo, and it was called the ``Higuchi Route.'' Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi was the one who defied strong protests from the Nazis.

  • @cutecuteoldold
    @cutecuteoldold 13 дней назад +5

    God bless Japan 🇯🇵
    God bless Sugihara s descendants and all wh bless the Jews

  • @manuelgeronimo723
    @manuelgeronimo723 14 дней назад +3

    A hero's story!

  • @ChanaKornfeld-i6z
    @ChanaKornfeld-i6z 6 часов назад

    I am here to write this because this man saved my father. Thank you Chiune Sugihara

    • @UNPACKED
      @UNPACKED  24 минуты назад

      That is so incredible to hear! Thank you for sharing!

  • @shaolinman
    @shaolinman 11 дней назад +2

    Mr Sugihara is the Righteous Among Nations.

  • @PennySmart
    @PennySmart 12 дней назад

    Amazing story. Thanks for sharing it !

  • @gmartist1548
    @gmartist1548 21 день назад +3

    🙂 thank you

  • @user-McGiver
    @user-McGiver 26 дней назад +20

    A Japanese captain was the only one who took refugees onboard his ship while tenths of European and American ships were just watching Smyrna in flames and Greeks getting slautered... you've gotta give them some credit to the Japanese people... the code of honor they have [Bushido] runs in their vanes still...

    • @Martyn-1337
      @Martyn-1337 25 дней назад +3

      Bushido has its own cons but we cannot ignore its pros. There are japanese soldiers who were against cruelty and inhumane treatment.

  • @calicocat8213
    @calicocat8213 18 дней назад +2

    Some time ago Izzyrel quietly razed down the little grove of trees planted in Sugihara's honor (a fact his son discovered on a visit to his father's Memorial) to make space for condominiums.
    And recent articles in Izzyreli publications imply his role in selfless saving Jewish lives "have been at best exaggerated".

  • @rinkohorowitz
    @rinkohorowitz 11 дней назад +1

    Sugihara was amazing.

  • @speakthetruth995
    @speakthetruth995 10 дней назад

    I was hoping for him to still be alive but this kind hearted man died in 1986. I wanted to kiss his hand as a token of my gratitude for what he has done for the Jewish people. He has a special place in heaven prepared By Almighty God. My tears doesn't seem to stop. Hallelujah amen

  • @gregkail4348
    @gregkail4348 15 дней назад +4

    RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @MaoriMan76
    @MaoriMan76 8 дней назад

    Humanity can come from unexpected places. 😊

  • @JermaineDyer-yf4hs
    @JermaineDyer-yf4hs 14 дней назад +1

    Respect 🙏

  • @fazbell
    @fazbell 18 дней назад +2

    Righteous among the nations.

  • @SheilaTaylor-ok1lk
    @SheilaTaylor-ok1lk 13 дней назад +2

    Tuskegee Air men saved many from Germany too. Good men, both

  • @francellew2073
    @francellew2073 15 дней назад +4

    Omg, stories like this always make me cry like a baby. May Father Yehovah keep beautiful souls like his 🙏

  • @aimee1860
    @aimee1860 17 дней назад +2

    ❤❤God bless him and his family

  • @ryanmoore2447
    @ryanmoore2447 25 дней назад +3

    It's a great job of what these people have done. I've even seen you put in one of the titles, the Oscar Schindler of Asia, but yet you still haven't done a video and pay respects to him. I know there's been a movie about him, but there have to be things they have left out like his early life and after the war. Plz think about it

    • @UNPACKED
      @UNPACKED  25 дней назад

      He’s on our list for next year ;)

    • @mariateresabucala5107
      @mariateresabucala5107 25 дней назад +1

      What is the title of the movie?

    • @ryanmoore2447
      @ryanmoore2447 25 дней назад

      @@mariateresabucala5107 Schindlers list

    • @ryanmoore2447
      @ryanmoore2447 25 дней назад

      @UNPACKED thank you I've been asking all year I thought it was because I disagree with some of the things on here but it's the government of isrl not the people

    • @ryanmoore2447
      @ryanmoore2447 24 дня назад +1

      @mariateresabucala5107 Schindlers list is the movie sad but a good movie too he was a hero for sure

  • @sayno2672
    @sayno2672 14 дней назад +1

    There are always people who choose to do the right thing regardless of circumstances they are in. But I still want my country to teach national what exactly happened during WW2, so that we won't repeat horrible mistakes. There are a lot of people still justify Imperial Japan and the leader as an innocent man.

  • @OperaJH
    @OperaJH 12 дней назад

    This marvelous story is kind of near and dear to me. It is pertinent to me, I guess because of the Latvian connection. Here's the story:
    One of the Latvian Jews who didn't die, helped many others to escape to the Far East and I believe, after doing much research some years ago, that he was a forbear of my family, on my paternal grandmother's side. His name was Leo Hanin, and he helped a lot of Jews escape from Latvia to the Far East.
    My father had talked of some European relatives he had met when he was a small boy, noting that their language didn't sound Russian, or even Polish. He wasn't sure what it was, and then, out of the blue, back in the 90s I found out that we had Latvian family members.
    In the meantime, my parents' families had found themselves in Singapore (my dad's mother's side by way of Calcutta, India, ostensibly from Europe) and we're interned by the Japanese.
    There was a young officer there who befriended my mother's family and kept them out of the concentration camp as long as he could. This man was also very soft-hearted and never hurt anyone under his command - not Jews, not Chinese, not Indians or Malays or Eurasians or any other race. His name was Hirowaki, from what my mother told me and, from a photograph he had given her. So I don't know his surname.
    Hirowaki was eventually removed from his post and sent back home to Japan, because he was deemed ineffective as he was found "too lenient." He had managed to keep my mother's family and other Jews under his area command, out of the concentration camp. They were sent there immediately after Hiro was sent back to Japan, just over six months before the Pacific War ended.
    At any rate, Japan had lost the war and sometime in the mid 50s, Hirowaki had returned to Singapore on a business trip and looked up my mothers family. My aunt had happened to marry a man with the same last name, so when he looked them up in the phone directory, my aunt, who had the same last name as before, was easily reached.
    Eventually, he came to our home for dinner and at dinner, told us what had happened and why he had suddenly disappeared during the war. He showed us pictures of his young family. He was then a promoter for the world famous ice skating show, Holiday on Ice. He told us that for the rest of the war he had a desk job, but assured us with all his heart, that he had never commanded one person at all on the island, to ever be arrested, or tortured, or sentenced to death. It was very important to him that we knew and understood that. He was a perfect gentleman in speech, dress, and behavior. A very gentle man. Exactly as my mother had described him. I still remember him well.
    One day, while in the concentration camps, my mother's family were asked to dig graves. When people were told that, it was a sure sign that they were going to be executed, either by being shot and thrown in the grave or being buried alive. Obviously, everybody was really scared and never slept the entire night, dreading rollcall at 5:30 in the morning. However, at 5:30 to their great surprise, there was no rollcall. Nor at 6.00 or 6:30 am. Nothing. Silence.
    One of my aunts, who was the hut captain, peeked out the window and the sight was so unbelievable, she motioned to everybody to come and see for themselves, through the wooden slats. What they saw was, Japanese soldiers sitting on the strip of ground between the women's camps and the men's camps, just smoking cigarettes and chatting. Beyond them in the men's camp, the guys were just walking around casually, each with a sort of handkerchief in their hands. My mother said they knew then that unbelievably, the war was actually over. By 11.30 that morning, the Red Cross had arrived with medicines and chocolate.
    So I really like to think that it is because of Leo Hanin, Hirowaki and God, that I am here today. ❤

  • @israelquintanilla8314
    @israelquintanilla8314 23 дня назад +3

    It is amazing how God moves to preserve His people. God bless the family of those instruments. Touching stories from UNPACKED. ❤❤❤...SHALOM!!!!

    • @calicocat8213
      @calicocat8213 18 дней назад

      Where's your appreciation of the late Abdol Hossein Sardari, the Iranian diplomat in Paris who helped saved THOUSANDS of Jews from the Nazis during World War II?

  • @nezperce2767
    @nezperce2767 8 дней назад

    An HONEST MAN

  • @757575436
    @757575436 15 дней назад +3

    Greatness is measured in deed, this Japanese diplomat is this person.

  • @rachelabraham5488
    @rachelabraham5488 2 дня назад

    Thank you

  • @Zackadamchaussette5228
    @Zackadamchaussette5228 25 дней назад +5

    Love jews love nippon too

  • @ruthietaylor8756
    @ruthietaylor8756 14 дней назад +2

    His soul is blessed in Heaven

  • @DaleDenton
    @DaleDenton 7 дней назад

    I read a book about this guy when I was in 7th grade just for fun. It was from the point of view of Mr. Sugihara’s daughter

  • @atarasarinanetanel8582
    @atarasarinanetanel8582 25 дней назад +2

    Unpacked should do the story of the "fugu plan"

  • @JoshandSandyYang
    @JoshandSandyYang 12 дней назад +2

    Very kind of him, but so sad japanese government massacred and committed atrocious vulgar war crimes against koreans, chinese, indo- and philippino people heartlessly. Grateful for the few who defy inhumane governemnt regimes,