1900-1986

This is the true story of a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in 1940 who used his powers to help Jews escape the Holocaust.

Aram Haigaz was fifteen when he lost most of his family due to the Ottoman Turkish government's attack on Armenia. He and his mother were put on a forced march toward the Syrian desert without food, water, or shelter, as part of the systematic plan to annihilate the Christian Armenian population of Turkey in 1915. In order to survive, he converted to Islam and spent four years living as a Muslim servant and shepherd among Kurdish tribes in the rugged mountains. He ultimately escaped and came to the United States in 1921.

Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.

A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a japanese consul in Lithuania, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors.

A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Lithuania, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors.

A woman defends her children and writes a song as men hired by the coal company for which her husband works shoot bullets through the windows and walls in retaliation for his fight for the rights of workers.

Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.