About 6 months before my father passed away, I was visiting. He told me that he finally understood the meaning of a paper that he had had for years in a box. He always meant to find out what it was but...

Then, he saw a documentary on TV.

Before then, my Dad would not have been able to find out anything because no one knew. Timing, right?!

First, watch the short video below...then scroll down to see the images.

Here is a copy of an official transit visa. Note the stamp in the black box. In the blue box are travel details: via Japan to the Netherlands.

Here is a copy of what my Dad had in his box: same stamp (black box), but the travel details in the blue box are via Japan to the US...which is exactly the story that Dad always told but couldn't explain why Japan.

Note the partial visa stamp in the upper right hand corner. Evidently, the accompanying photo. The age of the child (which we recognize as my Dad) is the age he always said he was when he arrived in the US.

Chiune Sugihara had nothing to gain (and everything to lose) by stepping up. He did it anyway.

How are you stepping up to fight hatred in the world?

Here's a suggestion:

Fighting Online Antisemitism (Facebook link)

Fighting Online Antisemitism (Website link)