Nazi Germany and allied Italy occupied most of Eastern and Western Europe. Japan had remained aligned. but not yet allied. with Germany through the Comintern Pact of 1935. In late summer of 1940. USSR annexed Lithuania and the two other Baltic States. Diplomats were told to leave immediately. Consul General Chiune Sugihara moved his family to a dingy hotel and continued to write visas. The Sugiharas were ordered to leave. Even as he was boarding the train to leave. Consul General Chiune Sugihara continued to issue visas from his train carriage window. In September 1940. Japan signed a tripartite pact with Germany and Italy.