An international academic conference on the 30th anniversary of granting the title of the Righteous Among The Nations to Sugihara Chiune, Japanese Consul in Lithuania.
Warsaw, 11-12 June 2015
Conference venue: Schuman Hall of Auditorium Maximum, Wóycickiego Street 1/3, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
The first day of the conference will focus on the history of Jews in Asia and the process of rescuing Jews in Japan and in Asia. A special event will be held in the evening at the Synagogue on Twarda street in Warsaw - personal testimonies of Sugihara survivors and their descendants will be presented. The second day of the conference will begin with a panel touching upon the topic of memory and commemoration of Consul Sugihara. Further sessions will look at a broader issues of contemporary dilemmas and problems associated with the award of The Righteous Among the Nations, and the perspectives of those rescued by the Righteous, and their descendants. Finally, activities of Polish institutions regarding the rescuers and the rescued from the Holocaust will be presented.
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