Lithuanian museum to Japanese Schindler saved by travel agent s crowdfunding campaign
December 16, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)
Chiune Sugihara (Photo courtesy of the Yaotsu Municipal Government, Gifu Prefecture)
The Tokyo end of an online ceremony for the presentation of crowdfunded donations to Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania, is seen in the Japanese capital s Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 15, 2020. (Mainichi/Hiroyuki Tanaka)
Sugihara House is seen in Kaunas, Lithuania, in this April 18, 2018 file photo. (Mainichi/Hiroyuki Tanaka) TOKYO Sugihara House, the former Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, where World War II-era diplomat Chiune Sugihara issued thousands of Visas for Life to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, has been in danger of closing permanently amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, a Tokyo travel agency worker has come to the rescue with an online crowdfunding campaign, and the proceeds were presented to the museum in an online ceremony linking Kaunas and Tokyo