Japanese organization: Supporting the survival of the Sugihara Memorial Hall: Jews flee the Nazis
Association to protect the Kaunas Sugihara Memorial Hall,
NGO Sugihara “Diplomat of Life” Foundation,
Crowdfunding:
From September 1st, we started accepting support funds on the crowdfunding site “CAMPFIRE”.
Due to the effects of the coronavirus, it is in danger of closing for the first time since it was founded 20 years ago.
Supporting Sugihara Memorial Hall: Lithuanian Kaunas
The target of the amount of support is
Admission for 16,000 visitors last year,
At 64,000 euros, it is about 8 million yen in Japanese yen.
We would like to ask for your support in order to keep the Sugihara Memorial Hall alive.
[Details of crowdfunding page]
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/294624
Press release
Japanese Group Asking for Help to Keep Sugihara Museum Afloat
Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)
Jews flee the Nazis
A group of Japanese tour conductors has been asking for help to keep afloat a museum in Lithuania
dedicated to Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews flee the Nazis during World War II.
The museum
relies on admission fees and donations to keep going, but admission fee revenue has dropped as the coronavirus pandemic reduced the number of visitors considerably.The tour conductors’ group
The tour conductors’ group and the museum’s operator jointly
launched a crowdfunding campaign, which raised some 5.4 million yen as of Friday against its goal of 8 million yen.
“We want young generations to know more about who Sugihara was,” said Kaya Nishiyama, a 25-year-old member of the group.
Chiune Sugihara,
During his time at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas in 1940,
Sugihara issued transit visas to thousands of Jewish refugees to help them escape from Nazi persecution.
(2020/10/11-15:00)
JIJI PRESS