Sugihara House in Lithuania

File photo taken in February 2020 shows Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania, a memorial to wartime Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who is credited with helping Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution by issuing transit visas.

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