Old documents shed new light on 'Japanese Schindler's' visas | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

The famed “Japanese Schindler” helped thousands of Jewish refugees escape from Europe during World War II by using his position as a Japanese diplomat to Lithuania to issue “visas for life,” which saved many from perishing in the Holocaust.

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