Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1993 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Senpo [Sempo] Sugihara (1990-1986) was a Japanese diplomate in Lithuania during WWII, who issued visas against orders, to refugees allowing them to travel to Japan and escape the holocaust. A tribute dinner was hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Greater Toronto Chapter of the NAJC, welcoming his wife Yukiko Sugihara, son Hiroki Sugihara, and daughter-in-law. The family visited Toronto and Southern Ontario in November 1993 and were hosted by the NAJC and the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Textual material includes the program book, and organizational records from the funding of the event. Photographs are from the NAJC touring the Sugihara family around Toronto to see popular tourist sights. Video tapes are recordings from Rogers Cable which covered the event.