Notable are the 6.000 Jews who sought passage from Consul General Chiune Sugihara through the TransSiberian Railway from Japan to the Dutch Indies. Australia. New Zealand. Palestine. and the Americas. Among visaholders was Zerah Warhaftig who met with Sugihara to arrange visas for others as the head of the Committee to Save Jewish Refugees. Warhaftig later became a signatory to Israels declaration of independence and the countrys foreign affairs minister. Menahem Savidor. another saved by Sugihara. later became speaker of the Knesset. Sugihara issued visas for Mir Yeshiva. the only yeshiva to survive the Holocaust. which settled in Kobe. Japan. In recent years. survivor upon survivor of the Holocaust have come forth. with the knowledge of whose signature brought them to safety.
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